homology
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However, homology between trunk somites and such head segments has been controversial.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 10, 2024
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
This is an example of random DNA homology.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 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
If, assuming descent, this homology were disturbed, and the systematic relationship done away with, for instance through saltatory evolution, the mere fact of descent would not bring the two species any nearer one another.
From Naturalism And Religion by Rudolf Otto
Newer technologies can be used to help distinguish homologies from analogies.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Our analyses begin to integrate macroscopic information about morphology, organismal physiology, and descriptive embryology of these deuterostomes with genomic information about gene homologies, gene arrangements, gene novelties and non-coding elements.
From Nature ● Nov. 17, 2015
In addition to their morphological similarity, molecular analyses have revealed similar sequence homologies in their DNA.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
When scientists started sequencing DNA, they were able to find homologies between genes as well.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2010
True homologies can be established between materials of organisation but not always between organs, which may be composed of different "materials."
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
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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