• Orphan genes, ORFans, or taxonomically restricted genes (TRGs) are genes that lack a detectable homologue outside of a given species or lineage. Most genes...
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    including so-called orphan genes, defined as genes that lack any identifiable homolog. It is important to note, however, that not all orphan genes arise de novo...
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  • An orphan drug is a pharmaceutical agent that is developed to treat certain rare medical conditions. An orphan drug would not be profitable to produce...
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  • Orphan Black – 7 Genes (Japanese: (オーファン・ブラック~七つの遺伝子~ known internationally as Orphan Black Japan), launched December 2, 2017, on Fuji Television, is...
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    Orphan Black is a Canadian science-fiction thriller television series created by screenwriter Graeme Manson and director John Fawcett and starring Tatiana...
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    called pseudogenes.: 7.6  "Orphan" genes, whose sequence shows no similarity to existing genes, are less common than gene duplicates. The human genome...
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    RAR-related orphan receptor gamma (RORγ) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RORC (RAR-related orphan receptor C) gene. RORγ is a member of the...
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  • Orphan Black is a Canadian science fiction television series that premiered on March 30, 2013, in Canada on Space. The series was created by Graeme Manson...
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  • Orphan-Maker (Peter) is a fictional mutant character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. His first appearance was in X-Factor...
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    was isolated in 2016. The core features such as the order of ORFs and orphan genes (ORFans) are well conserved between the two known species. The rate of...
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