homologue

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As calculations had predicted, relativistic effects make the ionization potential of lawrencium even lower, relative to its lighter homologue lutetium, than the usual periodic trends would imply.

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The maize homologue ZmWAK is involved in defence against fungal pathogens30.

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Alic, N., Hoddinott, M. P., Vinti, G. & Partridge, L. Lifespan extension by increased expression of the Drosophila homologue of the IGFBP7 tumour suppressor.

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Iwasaki, K., McCarter, J., Francis, R. & Schedl, T. emo-1, a Caenorhabditis elegans Sec61p gamma homologue, is required for oocyte development and ovulation.

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The top hit for each species was retained as a ‘homologue’ for each Ae. tauschii gene for colinearity analyses and comparisons of chromosome structure.

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