homology
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However, homology between trunk somites and such head segments has been controversial.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 10, 2024
This is the description of the chemical based on its topological characteristics—essentially the collection of information gained through persistent homology, such as the number of stubborn holes in each dimension.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 26, 2022
DNA analysis shows that emus and ostriches share more genetic homology with flying birds which live in the same region than with each other.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Serpell and other scientists tend to characterize this position as an overcorrection, but those who espouse it often begin by questioning the homology between dogs and wolves.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 10, 2021
The homology existing among the hydrocarbons extends to all their derivatives.
From Coal and What We Get from It by Raphael Meldola
Trying to decipher the proper connections, especially given the presence of homologies and analogies, makes the task of building an accurate tree of life extraordinarily difficult.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Newer technologies can be used to help distinguish homologies from analogies.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Our analyses begin to integrate macroscopic information about morphology, organismal physiology, and descriptive embryology of these deuterostomes with genomic information about gene homologies, gene arrangements, gene novelties and non-coding elements.
From Nature ● Nov. 17, 2015
Paleontologists, for example, have brought ambiguous homologies into sharp focus with the discovery of transitional fossils.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2010
I enter on the subject of the metamorphoses the more readily, as by this means alone can the homologies of the different parts be clearly understood.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
Vocabulary lists containing homology
Evolutionary Biology - High School
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Evolutionary Biology - Middle School
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Roots: homo
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