Pseudofunctionalization

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Noun
  1. 1
    A deleterious mutation that does not actually add function uncountable

    "One such selection fate was the pseudofunctionalization of the duplicate [49 ]."

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"One such selection fate was the pseudofunctionalization of the duplicate [49 ]."

Etymology

From pseudo- + functionalization.

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