homology

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However, homology between trunk somites and such head segments has been controversial.

From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2024

After using some standard techniques to simplify the data, the team computed the persistent homology of the system by connecting the data points at different scales and examining the resulting simplicial complexes.

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

The ORFs were classified as HCC or LCC on the basis of sequence homology and gene expression support.

From Nature • Nov. 14, 2017

So also are the maxillæ and labium, though we are not aware that any one has indicated how close the homology is.

From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)