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homologue

[hoh-muh-lawg, -log, hom-uh-] / ˈhoʊ məˌlɔg, -ˌlɒg, ˈhɒm ə- /


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The maize homologue ZmWAK is involved in defence against fungal pathogens30.

From Nature ● May 8, 2018

Alic, N., Hoddinott, M. P., Vinti, G. & Partridge, L. Lifespan extension by increased expression of the Drosophila homologue of the IGFBP7 tumour suppressor.

From Nature ● Nov. 28, 2017

The first column shows the gene identifier of the P. vivax P01 homologue of the gene pseudogenized and/or deleted in one or more of the two reference genome assemblies.

From Nature ● Jan. 24, 2017

By the way, if Kaiju are bio-engineered we might speculate that they wouldn’t have a DNA homologue at all.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 25, 2013

Thus phenol is the lower homologue of the cresols.

From Coal and What We Get from It by Raphael Meldola


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