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Sequences X58411 (7,360 bp) and X58414 (5,867) encompass the mouse Jλ locus and contain four 12-RSS, three associated with functional Jλ gene segments and one associated with the pseudogene Jλ4 [ 54].
If this continuous human region contained internal splice sites like a cDNA, we regarded this region as a potential pseudogene location.
Full-length hOR genes are present in more than 50 distinct clusters and are interspersed with pseudogene OR sequences to a variable degree (data not shown).
Global comparative analysis of functional hOR candidate gene and pseudogene repertoires, as well as of repertoires of human and murine ORs will shed light on the evolution of the human olfactory apparatus and its biological consequences.
Although the most likely outcome of such neutral evolution is for one of the paralogs to fix a null mutation and become a pseudogene, there is also the possibility of fixation of mutations that lead to a new function [ 2, 3, 4, 5, 6].