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aneuploidy ("not-good-fold"): a condition in which the chromosome
number of an individual is not an exact multiple of the typical haploid set
for the species.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aneuploidy]
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allopolyploid : polyploids created by hybridization
between different species (homeologous chromosomes)
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allotetraploid/amphidiploid : an organism that contains
four complete copies of the genome, but two (and on rare occasions, one)
of the copies are from a different species than the other two copies.
[http://everything2.com/index.pl?node=allotetraploid]
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autopolyploid : polyploids created by chromosome duplication
within a species
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colinearity: having corresponding parts arranged in the same
linear order
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copy number variation: The gene copy number is the number
of copies of a particular gene in the genotype of an individual,
which can vary in certain cells or individuals
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy_number_variation]
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gene duplication: any duplication of a region of DNA that
contains a gene
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gene family:
set of genes with a known homology. They are generally biochemically similar.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_family]
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gene sharing : a "generalist" gene/protein
performing two distinct functions
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genome duplication: see polyploidy
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lineage: a sequence of species, that form a line of
descent, each new species the direct result of speciation from
an immediate ancestral species
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lineage_(evolution)]
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palaeopolyploid/paleopolyploid :
Early/primitive polyploid, one of ancient origin.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleopolyploidy]
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paralogous : describe the relationship among duplicated
genes or portions of chromosomes that derived from a common ancestral DNA.
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ploidy : number of basic chromosome sets
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ploid]
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polyploidy ("many-fold"): the situation where the number of chromosome
sets is greater than two.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allopolyploidy]
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protein family:
a group of evolutionarily related proteins, and is often nearly synonymous with gene family.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_family]
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reciprocal translocation: a type of chromosome rearrangement involving
the exchange of chromosome segments between two chromosomes that do not belong
to the same pair of chromosomes.
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synteny: physical co-localization of genetic loci on the same
chromosome within an individual or species.
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subfunctionalization: a hypothesized process that following
gene duplication, the two gene copies degenerate to perform complementary
functions that jointly match that of the single ancestral gene.
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