gene_array [SO_0005851]

An array includes two or more genes, or two or more gene subarrays, contiguously arranged where the individual genes, or subarrays, are either identical in sequence, or essentially so.

gene_array

ID: SO_0005851

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An array includes two or more genes, or two or more gene subarrays, contiguously arranged where the individual genes, or subarrays, are either identical in sequence, or essentially so.

This would include, for example, a cluster of genes each encoding the major ribosomal RNAs and a cluster of histone gene subarrays.

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gene array exact synonym