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A special case of [[paralog|paralogy]] resulting from [[polyploidy]]. Hom'''e'''olog should not be confused with [[homolog]]. | A special case of [[paralog|paralogy]] resulting from [[polyploidy]]. Hom'''e'''olog should not be confused with [[homolog]]. Homeologous chromosomes are created through chromosome duplication events, specifically with meiosis I and [[polyploidy]]. Homeologous is often used in plant comparative genomics due to rampant and repeated paleo-polyploidy events that have been detected in all sequenced angiosperm genomes to date. | ||
Revision as of 18:44, 22 February 2010
A special case of paralogy resulting from polyploidy. Homeolog should not be confused with homolog. Homeologous chromosomes are created through chromosome duplication events, specifically with meiosis I and polyploidy. Homeologous is often used in plant comparative genomics due to rampant and repeated paleo-polyploidy events that have been detected in all sequenced angiosperm genomes to date.