Orthologs and paralogs - we need to get it right

A response to Homologuephobia, by Gregory A Petsko, Genome Biology 2001 2:comment1002.1-1002.2, to An apology for orthologs - or brave new memes by Eugene V Koonin, Genome Biology 2001, 2:comment1005.1-1005.2, and to Can sequence determine function? by John A Gerlt and Patricia C Babbitt, Genome Biology 2000, 1:reviews0005.1-0005.10.

• Publication year

  2001

• Venue

  Genome Biology

• Publication date

  2001-08-03

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1186/gb-2001-2-8-interactions1002PMID 11532207PMCID 138949
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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