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Title: Ectopic expression definition
Post by: ehd123 on Dec 20, 2014
What is meant by an ectopic expression of target genes? :)


Title: Re: Ectopic expression definition
Post by: bio_man on Dec 21, 2014
Ectopic expression is the expression of a gene in an abnormal place on the organism. An extreme case of this would be that your ears would be one the top of your head instead of the sides.


Title: Re: Ectopic expression definition
Post by: ehd123 on Dec 22, 2014
Thank you very much! :D


Title: Re: Ectopic expression definition
Post by: bio_man on Dec 22, 2014
Pleasure :)