pseudogenization

English

Etymology

From pseudogene +‎ -ization.

Noun

pseudogenization (plural pseudogenizations)

1. (genetics) The conversion of a gene into a pseudogene.
   • 2015 July 11, “Against All Odds: Trehalose-6-Phosphate Synthase and Trehalase Genes in the Bdelloid Rotifer Adineta vaga Were Acquired by Horizontal Gene Transfer and Are Upregulated during Desiccation”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:

     The presence of stop codons at two different positions in ΨAvTpsB and ΨAvTpsB’ suggests that pseudogenization happened after their acquisition.