homology
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However, homology between trunk somites and such head segments has been controversial.
From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2024
To find these implicit pictures, mathematicians use a technique known as persistent homology.
From Scientific American • Sep. 26, 2022
This is an example of random DNA homology.
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
Everywhere we find the distinction between homology and analogy which was explained in the last chapter—the distinction, that is, between correspondence of structure and correspondence of function.
From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions by Romanes, George John
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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