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concerted evolution

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con·cert·ed ev·o·lu·tion

the ability of two related genes to evolve together as though constituting a single locus.
Synonym(s): coincidental evolution
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Key Words: fruit fly; Anastrepha ludens; Anastrepha obliqua; concerted evolution
Diagnostic characters within ITS2 DNA support molecular identification of Anastrepha suspensa (Diptera: Tephritidae)
Homogenization of the rDNA multigene family by mechanisms of concerted evolution (Arnheim, 1983) may reduce rDNA variation within a cpDNA lineage over time.
Origins of genotypic variation in North American dandelions inferred from ribosomal DNA and chloroplast DNA restriction enzyme analysis
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