coincidental evolution

(thing) by BioTech Sat Nov 13 2004 at 0:01:29

The tendency for the same mutation to arise simultaneously in all copies of a gene which has been duplicated. This is also called concerted evolution.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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