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An orthologue is genes in different species that evolved from a common ancestral gene. Thefreedictionarycom. 1. TheFreeDictionarycom. [Online]. Available from: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Orthologue [Accessed 17 November 2016].
Two or more [[Homologous|homologous]] [[Genes|genes]] found in different species<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequence_homology#Orthology</ref>&nbsp;that evolved from a common ancestral gene via [[Speciation|speciation]]. Orthologues usually retain the same function over the course of [[Evolution|evolution]]&nbsp;<ref>http://homepage.usask.ca/~ctl271/857/def_homolog.shtml</ref>.
 
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Two or more homologous genes found in different species[1] that evolved from a common ancestral gene via speciation. Orthologues usually retain the same function over the course of evolution [2].

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