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This glossary contains a number of definitions  from the following publication:
J. M. Cock; Tessmar-Raible, K.; Boyen, C.; Viard, F. (Eds.), Introduction to Marine Genomics, vol. 1, 1st ed., Advances in Marine Genomics Vol. (Springer, 2010). Available from: http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/ecology/book/978-90-481-8616-7?cm_mmc=Google-_-Book%20Search-_-Springer-_-0

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Homologue

In order to describe the evolutionary relation of proteins, the terms homology, orthology, and paralogy are used. In this context, homology means that two proteins or sequences share a common ancestor. Two principal types of homology can be distinguished (Orthology and Paralogy).

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