homologous
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Tumor molecular characteristics were analyzed before treatment, and patients were categorized into biomarker-matched or -unmatched treatment cohorts based on ATM alterations, homologous recombination repair defects, STK11/LKB1 alterations, or high CD73 expression.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 13, 2024
The homologous pairs have matching genes arranged in the same order, with small variations within the genes -- these are the variations that make each individual unique.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 4, 2024
When meiosis begins, homologous chromosomes arrange themselves into elongated structures organized along a backbone called the axis.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 4, 2024
However, the bird wing and bat wing are both made from homologous bones that are similar in appearance.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
It has recently been reported that the nucleic acid of chloroplasts is, in fact, homologous with that of certain photosynthetic microorganisms.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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