pseudogene (RELEASE_2.5.1) |
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| SO Accession: | SO:0000336 (SOWiki) |
| Definition: | A sequence that closely resembles a known functional gene, at another locus within a genome, that is non-functional as a consequence of (usually several) mutations that prevent either its transcription or translation (or both). In general, pseudogenes result from either reverse transcription of a transcript of their "normal" paralog (SO:0000043) (in which case the pseudogene typically lacks introns and includes a poly(A) tail) or from recombination (SO:0000044) (in which case the pseudogene is typically a tandem duplication of its "normal" paralog). |
| DB Xrefs: | URL: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucbhjow/b241/glossary.html |
| Parents: | biological_region (SO:0001411) |
| gene (SO:0000704) | |
| Children: | processed_pseudogene (SO:0000043) |
| pseudogenic_transcript (SO:0000516) | |
| polymorphic_pseudogene (SO:0001841) | |
| non_processed_pseudogene (SO:0001760) | |
| transposable_element_pseudogene (SO:0001897) | |
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