homology

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However, homology between trunk somites and such head segments has been controversial.

From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2024

After using some standard techniques to simplify the data, the team computed the persistent homology of the system by connecting the data points at different scales and examining the resulting simplicial complexes.

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

The ORFs were classified as HCC or LCC on the basis of sequence homology and gene expression support.

From Nature • Nov. 14, 2017

Although there is the closest homology of parts between the Star-fish and the Sea-urchin, the arrangement of these parts, and the external appearance of the animals, as a whole, are entirely different.

From Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. by Agassiz, Alexander