highly conserved sequence

A DNA sequence that is very similar in several different kinds of organisms. Scientists regard these cross species similarities as evidence that a specific gene performs some basic function essential to many forms of life and that evolution has therefore conserved its structure by permitting few mutations to accumulate in it.

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• GENETICS AND HEREDITY

Source: National Human Genome Research Institute

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