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homologous

[huh-mol-uh-guhs, hoh-] / həˈmɒl ə gəs, hoʊ- /


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Tumor molecular characteristics were analyzed before treatment, and patients were categorized into biomarker-matched or -unmatched treatment cohorts based on ATM alterations, homologous recombination repair defects, STK11/LKB1 alterations, or high CD73 expression.

From Science Daily • Feb. 13, 2024

Chromosomes come in pairs called homologous chromosomes that carry the genes we inherited from each of our parents -- one from our mom, one from our dad.

From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2024

When meiosis begins, homologous chromosomes arrange themselves into elongated structures organized along a backbone called the axis.

From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2024

However, the bird wing and bat wing are both made from homologous bones that are similar in appearance.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

They are the replicated parts of the first source of living, and they are wonderfully homologous.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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