Glossary

A list of terms used in various pages in this wiki that may need clarification.

Genomic Terminology

• Conserved Non-Coding Sequence (CNS)
• High-scoring segment pair (HSP)
• Synteny
• Whole Genome Duplication
• Homolog
• Homeolog
• Ortholog
• Paralog
• Syntelog
• Inversion
• Local Gene Duplication
• Tandem Gene Duplication
• Deletion
• Transposition
• Insertion
• Fractionation
• Synonymous/Nonsynonymous Mutations (Ks/Kn)

Methodology

• Flanking Gene Method for detecting gene loss and transposition events
• Collinear Gene Order for detecting syntenic regions

Algorithm Terms

• E-value
• Global alignment
• Local alignment
• Score
• Word size

API Terms

• Chromosome
• Dataset
• Feature
• Organism