Glossary

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

Genomic Evolution Terminology

• Genomic Feature
• Contig
• Conserved Non-Coding Sequence (CNS)
• High-scoring segment pair (HSP)
• Synteny
• Whole Genome Duplication
• Homolog
• Homeolog
• Ortholog
• Perfect Ortholog
• Paralog
• Out-Paralog
• In-Paralog
• Syntelog
• Inversion
• Local Gene Duplication
• Tandem Gene Duplication
• Deletion
• Transposition
• Insertion
• Diploidization
• Fractionation
• Chromosome Rearrangement
• Synonymous/Nonsynonymous Mutations (Ks/Kn)
• Genespace
• Subfunctionalization
• Neofunctionalization

Methodology

• Flanking Gene Method for detecting gene loss and transposition events
• Collinear Gene Order for detecting syntenic regions
• Useful divergence for comparing genomic regions

Algorithm Terms

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

API Terms

• Chromosome
• Dataset
• Feature
• Organism