homologous

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The main novelty of this discovery is that the new compound, alongside the previous one, forms what's known as a 'homologous series.'

From Science Daily

Typically, most animal and plant species exhibit a minimum of one and a maximum of three crossovers per a pair of homologous chromosomes.

From Science Daily

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

Micro-fragmented adipose tissue and bone marrow aspirate treatments “are minimal manipulation and, as long as the physician is injecting ‘like into like,’ this is homologous use.

From Washington Post

“But we do share a lot of homologous genes with these seemingly very distant animals.”

From Science Magazine