See Also: Gene family(health)
Gene family(medicine)
Family, gene(health)
family health(medicine)
St Margaret Family Health Center(health)
Avera Holy Family Health(health)
Latrobe Area Hospital Family Health(health)
Dells Area Health Center Avera Health(health)
Divine Providence Health Center Avera Health(health)
Hegg Memorial Health Center Avera Health(health)

Family, gene (health)


A group of genes related in structure and often in function. The genes belonging to a gene family are descended from an ancestral gene. For example, the hemoglobin genes of critical importance to red blood cells belong to one gene family created by gene duplication (making extra copies of a gene) and divergence (divergent changes in the copies of the gene).