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Gene Duplication

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Definition: Processes occurring in various organisms by which new genes are copied. Gene duplication may result in a MULTIGENE FAMILY; supergenes or PSEUDOGENES.  do not confuse with GENES, DUPLICATE   
See Also Chromosome Duplication; Multigene Family; Segmental Duplications, Genomic 		Other names Gene Duplications; Duplications, Gene; Duplication, Gene

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