What is another word for Duplicate Genes?
Pronunciation: [djˈuːplɪkˌe͡ɪt d͡ʒˈiːnz] (IPA) 
Genes are the basic unit of heredity in all living organisms. Duplicate genes are those genes that have evolved through gene duplication events. They are known by various other names such as paralogous genes, homologous genes, redundant genes, and replicated genes. Homologous genes refer to the genes that share a common ancestor and have evolved from a single ancestral gene. Paralogous genes, on the other hand, are the genes that have arisen from a gene duplication event, which is followed by divergence over time. Replicated genes refer to the application of a process to copy genes artificially. In essence, all these terms refer to the occurrence of multiple copies of the same gene within an organism's genome.
