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from The Century Dictionary.
- Displaced backward.
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- adjective genetics
inserted into achromosome followingreverse transcription
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"From an evolutionary point of view, we have found an example of a retroposed gene that took on a completely new function."
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Although most retroposition events result in non-functional duplicates (called pseudogenes), in rare cases, retroposed genes, like Rps23r1, can become functional.
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From an evolutionary point of view, we have found an example of a retroposed gene that took on a completely new function, "Dr. Xu said.
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