Example sentences for: neofunctionalization

How can you use “neofunctionalization” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • 1999), whereas neofunctionalization is more likely to occur in genes that are necessarily rapidly evolving, such as those involved in reproduction, immunity, and host defence (Emes et al.

  • The likelihood that newly duplicated genes will both remain functional clearly relates to their inherent potential to undergo subfunctionalization or neofunctionalization.

  • A convincing instance of neofunctionalization is the evolution of antibacterial activity in the ECP gene in Old World Monkeys and hominoids after a burst of amino-acid changes following the tandem duplication of the progenitor gene EDN (a ribonuclease) some 30 MYA (Zhang et al.

  • During the relatively brief period of relaxed selection following gene duplication, a new, advantageous allele may arise as a result of one of the gene copies gaining a new function (neofunctionalization).


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