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

Mathematician Jose Perea of Northeastern University and a team of computational biologists used persistent homology to find periodic biological processes—those that repeat at regular intervals.

From Scientific American • Sep. 26, 2022

The various metabolic processes and core functions in E. coli share homology with higher organisms.

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 it is a factor, our explanation of the meaning and nature of homology must be fundamentally changed.

From The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 by Various