gene_cassette_array [SO_0005854]

An array of non-functional genes whose members, when captured by recombination form functional genes.

gene_cassette_array

ID: SO_0005854

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An array of non-functional genes whose members, when captured by recombination form functional genes.

This would include, for example, the arrays of non-functional VSG genes of Trypanosomes.

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gene cassette array exact synonym