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<p>120461053: Created page with &quot;&amp;nbsp;Syntenic genes are genes grouped in the same way on the chromosomes of two (or more) species. This occurs due to the fact that over wide ...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>&amp;nbsp;[[Syntenic genes|Syntenic genes]] are genes grouped in the same way on the [[Chromosome|chromosomes]] of two (or more) species.<br /> <br /> This occurs due to the fact that over wide evolutionary distances, gene order is often conserved.<br /> <br /> In comparative genome analysis, a region containing the homologous genes is called &quot;[[synteny block|synteny block]]&quot;.&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> [[chromosomal rearrangement|Chromosomal rearrangements]] can be defined by looking for blocks of synteny between the chromosomes of different organisms.&amp;nbsp;</div>

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