▁bug ▁in ▁the ▁family ▁Red u vi idae . ▁It ▁is ▁found ▁in ▁Central ▁America ▁and ▁North ▁America . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Further ▁reading ▁▁▁▁ ▁Category : R edu vi idae ▁Category : Art icles ▁created ▁by ▁Q bug bot ▁Category : In sect s ▁described ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 2 <0x0A> </s> ▁Gene ▁redund ancy ▁is ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁multiple ▁gen es ▁in ▁the ▁gen ome ▁of ▁an ▁organ ism ▁that ▁perform ▁the ▁same ▁function . ▁This ▁is ▁the ▁case ▁for ▁many ▁sets ▁of ▁par alog ous ▁gen es . ▁When ▁an ▁individual ▁gene ▁in ▁such ▁a ▁set ▁is ▁dis rupted ▁by ▁mut ation ▁or ▁target ed ▁knock out , ▁there ▁can ▁be ▁little ▁effect ▁on ▁phen ot ype ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁gene ▁redund ancy , ▁whereas ▁the ▁effect ▁is ▁large ▁for ▁the ▁knock out ▁of ▁a ▁gene ▁with ▁only ▁one ▁copy . ▁ ▁Origin ▁and ▁E volution ▁of ▁Red und ant ▁Gen es ▁ ▁Gene ▁redund ancy ▁most ▁often ▁results ▁from ▁Gene ▁dup lication . ▁When ▁a ▁gene ▁is ▁dup licated ▁within ▁a ▁gen ome , ▁the ▁two ▁copies ▁are ▁initially ▁function ally ▁redundant . ▁Three ▁of ▁the ▁more ▁common ▁mechan isms ▁of ▁gene ▁dup lication ▁are ▁retro position , ▁une qual ▁crossing ▁over , ▁and ▁non - hom olog ous ▁segment al ▁dup lication . ▁Ret ro position ▁is ▁when ▁the ▁m R NA ▁trans cript ▁of ▁a ▁gene ▁is ▁reverse ▁trans cribed ▁back ▁into ▁DNA ▁and ▁inserted ▁into ▁the ▁gen ome ▁at ▁a ▁different ▁location . ▁During