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- Publisher
- Annual Reviews
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2005 by Annual Reviews. All rights reserved
- ISSN
- 0066-4197
- eISSN
- 1545-2948
- DOI
- 10.1146/annurev.genet.39.073003.114725
- pmid
- 16285863
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
Abstract Orthologs and paralogs are two fundamentally different types of homologous genes that evolved, respectively, by vertical descent from a single ancestral gene and by duplication. Orthology and paralogy are key concepts of evolutionary genomics. A clear distinction between orthologs and paralogs is critical for the construction of a robust evolutionary classification of genes and reliable functional annotation of newly sequenced genomes. Genome comparisons show that orthologous relationships with genes from taxonomically distant species can be established for the majority of the genes from each sequenced genome. This review examines in depth the definitions and subtypes of orthologs and paralogs, outlines the principal methodological approaches employed for identification of orthology and paralogy, and considers evolutionary and functional implications of these concepts.
Journal
Annual Review of Genetics – Annual Reviews
Published: Dec 15, 2005