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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In biology, a part or organ, or a modification of a part or organ, which has recently been generated or acquired.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biol.) A structure, part, or organ developed independently, that is, not derived from a similar structure, part, or organ, in a preexisting form.
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- noun genetics a gain of function
mutation that causes novel gene function.
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