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homology

[huh-mol-uh-jee, hoh-] / həˈmɒl ə dʒi, hoʊ- /




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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

The various metabolic processes and core functions in E. coli share homology with higher organisms.

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

Now in these groups no zoologist would deny the homology of the mouth and anus in the different forms, and yet how very different is their history even in closely allied animals.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

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

And no investigator of homologies doubts that a considerable number of the bones which form the skull of any osseous fish are distinctly homologous with the cranial bones of man.

From On the Genesis of Species by St. George Mivart


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