pseudogenization
nounEtymology From pseudogene + -ization.
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Biology, Genetics, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences The conversion of a gene into a pseudogene.
- The presence of stop codons at two different positions in ΨAvTpsB and ΨAvTpsB’ suggests that pseudogenization happened after their acquisition.2015 July 11, “Against All Odds: Trehalose-6-Phosphate Synthase and Trehalase Genes in the Bdelloid Rotifer Adineta vaga Were Acquired by Horizontal Gene Transfer and Are Upregulated during Desiccation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: