homologue

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The first column shows the gene identifier of the P. vivax P01 homologue of the gene pseudogenized and/or deleted in one or more of the two reference genome assemblies.

From Nature • Jan. 24, 2017

Bacillus subtilis gene names are used when no C. difficile homologue is available.

From Nature • May 3, 2016

Bacillus subtilis gene names are used when no C. difficile homologue is available.

From Nature • May 3, 2016

By the way, if Kaiju are bio-engineered we might speculate that they wouldn’t have a DNA homologue at all.

From Scientific American • Jul. 25, 2013

When present the great nerve invariably passes through it, and this clearly indicates that it is the homologue and rudiment of the supra-condyloid foramen of the lower animals.

From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Darwin, Charles