Example sentences for: paralogs

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

  • In Bacillus subtilis the gene, appropriately enough, has been named aroA, but in Escherichia coli the equivalent function is represented by genes encoding three differentially regulated paralogs.

  • Lists of paralogs for C. elegans

  • Pairwise comparisons of the K n /K s values for different clades revealed that the strength of selection was generally similar in bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic sets of paralogous genes, although apparently stronger selection was observed among the yeast paralogs and weaker selection was seen in mammalian paralogs (Tables 1, 2).

  • The observation that K n << K s for most of the recently diverged paralogs is, in itself, not sufficient to conclude that both paralogs in each pair are subject to purifying selection.

  • The AcmB subfamily shows a lineage-specific expansion in the genome of S. aureus , with around seven paralogs.


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