Critical genes unravelled to understand human diseases and support drug discovery
Tuesday, December 6, 2016 - 11:01
in Biology & Nature
Throughout evolutionary history, there have been genetic elements that have duplicated - giving rise to genes with different functions. These are called 'paralogs'. They are able to form and evolve new functions, which have similar functions in relation to cellular signalling. This also means that there are many duplicated genes within the genome that might be redundant or less prominent when it comes to key cellular signalling pathways.