The ortholog conjecture is untestable by the current gene ontology but is supported by RNA sequencing data.

The ortholog conjecture posits that orthologous genes are functionally more similar than paralogous genes. This conjecture is a cornerstone of phylogenomics and is used daily by both computational and experimental biologists in predicting, interpreting, and understanding gene functions. A recent stu...

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Main Authors: Xiaoshu Chen, Jianzhi Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3510086?pdf=render