homology
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Co-author Roberto Hofmann noticed that, in addition to the red-green sensing domain, CcaS had a domain with homology to blue-light photosensors called phototropins.
From Science Daily • Sep. 21, 2023
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
The ORFs were classified as HCC or LCC on the basis of sequence homology and gene expression support.
From Nature • Nov. 14, 2017
One of these relations is called analogy and the other homology, and it is very desirable to bear clearly in mind the distinction which exists between these two relations.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 by Various
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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