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

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

To broaden the search for wheat-specific genes and genes with reduced sequence homology but high expression that may have been placed into the LCC class in annotation v1.0, all LCC gene models were re-classified.

From Nature • Nov. 14, 2017

The structure of the zooid of Heliopora, however, is that of a typical Alcyonarian, and the septa have only a resemblance to, but no real homology with, the similarly named structures in madreporarian corals.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various