Term for genes from different organisms that encode for proteins that carry out the same function but have different sequences.

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Orthologs are genes from different organisms that have evolved from a common ancestral gene and carry out the same function but may have slightly different sequences due to speciation events. Homologs refer to genes that share a common ancestry, but can be paralogs (genes in the same organism that have similar sequences but different functions) or orthologs. Metalogs and semilogs are not valid terms in genetics.

Term for Genes from Different Organisms That Encode for Proteins