Definition of Gene family

1. Noun. (genetics) A group of closely related genes that make similar gene products. ¹

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Medical Definition of Gene family

1. A set of genes coding for diverse proteins which, by virtue of their high degree of sequence similarity, are believed to have evolved from a single ancestral gene. An example is the immunoglobulin family where the characteristic features of the constant domains are found in various cell surface receptors. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gene Family

gene cluster
gene conversion
gene deletion
gene delivery vector
gene disorder
gene disruption
gene divergence
gene dosage
gene dosage compensation
gene dosage effect
gene duplication
gene expression
gene expression regulation
gene expressions
gene families
gene family (current term)
gene flow
gene frequency
gene fusion
gene insertion
gene isolation
gene library
gene linkage
gene machine
gene mapping
gene markers
gene mosaicism
gene mutation
gene pool
gene pools

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