homologous

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Worth noting, this work presents the first homologous series based on defect ordering found for hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2024

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 • Mar. 8, 2024

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 • Jan. 4, 2024

Traditional methods involve comparison of homologous anatomical structures and embryonic development, assuming that closely related organisms share anatomical features during embryo development.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

It has recently been reported that the nucleic acid of chloroplasts is, in fact, homologous with that of certain photosynthetic microorganisms.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas