Etymology

subfunctionalization

Today it means: The independent specialization of the two gene copies formed by duplication. Full definition →

English functionalization ← Latin sub-
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The story

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Englishfunctionalization
  5. English todaysubfunctionalization

From sub- + functionalization.

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