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Evolution lecture 19
Hedtke Vocab
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Biology
Kindergarten
12/08/2010
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Concerted Evolution
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When duplicate copies of a gene are more similar than expected given the amount of time since duplication has occurred.
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Biased gene conversion
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One allele/gene is favored over another in the process and other copies are converted.
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Genetic Robustness
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The extent to which an organism's phenotype remains constant in spite of mutation.
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Split genes
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Is one that appears to be made up of parts of other genes with different parts usually corresponding to exon boundaries.
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