orthologous

(adjective)

having been separated by a speciation event

Related Terms

Examples of orthologous in the following topics:

  • Constructing an Animal Phylogenetic Tree

    • Interestingly, 99% of the genes in humans and mice are detectably orthologous, and 50% of our genes are orthologous with those of yeast.
    • The hemoglobin B genes in humans and in mice are orthologous.

  • Gene Duplications and Divergence

    • Both orthologous genes (resulting from a speciation event) and paralogous genes (resulting from gene duplication within a population) can be said to display divergent evolution.