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gene family

set of several similar genes
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gene family

Summary

gene family ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (123 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • gene family is a type of group[2].
  • gene family is a type of class[3].
  • gene family is a type of gene[4].
  • gene family comprises gene[5].
  • gene family's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gene families[6].
  • gene family's facet of is recorded as type of gene[7].
  • gene family's different from is recorded as family[8].
  • gene family's is metaclass for is recorded as gene[9].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include group[2], class[3], and gene[4].

Use and Application

gene family comprises gene[5].

Why It Matters

gene family ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (123 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_gene-family_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{gene family}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/gene-family}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 6d ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Q140249898
    Facet of → type of gene
    Subclass of → group, class, gene
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36807|batch #36807]]: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
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