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Eskimo-Aleut languages(encyclopedia)
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Gene family (medicine) and Aleut (iou)


Gene family (medicine)


gene family
<molecular biology> A set of genes coding for diverse proteins which, by virtue of their high degree of sequence similarity, are believed to have evolved from a single ancestral gene. An example is the immunoglobulin family where the characteristic features of the constant Domains are found in various cell surface receptors.


Aleut (iou)



Aleut noun & adjective. L18.
[Origin unkn.]
A. noun.
A native or inhabitant of the Aleutian Islands (see ALEUTIAN); a speaker of the language of the Aleutian Islands. L18.
The language of the Aleutian Islands, Other islands in the Bering Sea, and parts of western Alaska, related to Eskimo (Inupiaq and Yupik). L19.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of or pertaining to the Aleutian Islands, their inhabitants, or their language. M20.
? See also ESKIMO-Aleut.