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A special case of homology where genomic feature in question (e.g. gene) are in different organisms. Orthologs arise from the divergence of lineages.

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	[[Image:otu.png\|thumb\|500px\|right\|Diagram depicting evolutionary relationship between orthologs, in-paralogs and out-paralogs]]		[[Image:otu.png\|thumb\|500px\|right\|Diagram depicting evolutionary relationship between orthologs, in-paralogs and out-paralogs]]

	A special case of homology where genomic ~~features~~ in question (e.g. ~~genes~~) are in different organisms. Orthologs arise from ~~speciation events~~.		A special case of homology where genomic feature in question (e.g. gene) are in different organisms. Orthologs arise from the divergence of lineages.