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Spalog

The term 'spalog' (pronounced [spailog]) denotes a 3-D structure that is spatially similar, to a specified extent, to another 3-D structure. This term is strictly about spatial similarity and implies nothing about evolutionary relatedness and functional properties of structures.

Defined by Alexander Varshavsky

See also: homolog, ortholog, paralog, pseudoortholog, pseudoparalog, sequelog, xenolog

Web Resources On Spalog

The trouble with homology
Orthologs, Paralogs and Evolutionary Genomics
CV of Alexander Varshavsky

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