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

To broaden the search for wheat-specific genes and genes with reduced sequence homology but high expression that may have been placed into the LCC class in annotation v1.0, all LCC gene models were re-classified.

From Nature • Nov. 14, 2017

These productions, so different in their origin, can only be compared from the point of view of the part they play; there are analogies between them but not the least homology.

From The Industries of Animals by Houssay, Frédéric