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homology
  1. A homologous relationship.
  2. (topology) A theory associating a system of groups to each topological space.
  3. (algebra) A certain system of groups associated to a chain complex.
  4. (chemistry) The relationship between the elements in the same group of the periodic table, or between organic compounds in a homologous series.
  5. (evolutionary theory) A correspondence of structures in two life forms with a common evolutionary origin, such as flippers and hands.
  6. (genetics) The presence of the same series of bases in related genes.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “Before 1920 he had shown that the homology of a simplicial complex is a topological invariant.”
      “They show considerable sequence homology to pleurocidins, antimicrobial peptides of the flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus.”
      “A blast homology search of all available databases reveals no significant homology to the white locus polymorphic indel.”
homolog
  1. Something homologous; a homologous organ or part, chemical compound or a chromosome.
  2. (linguistics) A word shared by two languages or dialects.
  3. (genetics) One of a group of similar DNA sequences that share a common ancestry.
  4. (organic chemistry) A member of a homologous series
  5. Examples:
    1. “This homolog maps on chromosome 10L and is part of the most recent set of segmental duplications in the maize genome.”
      “Our ability to detect doubly recombinant chromosomes depends on the genotype of the homolog after fertilization.”
      “The cnidarian homolog of the nervous system is a nerve net that is largely ectodermal.”
homologue
  1. Something homologous; a homologous organ or part, chemical compound or a chromosome.
  2. (linguistics) A word shared by two languages or dialects.
  3. (genetics) One of a group of similar DNA sequences that share a common ancestry.
  4. (organic chemistry) A member of a homologous series
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  6. Examples:
    1. “Chemistry experiments with seaborgium have firmly placed it in group 6 as a heavier homologue to tungsten.”
      “Ovaries are located in the stalk of pedunculate barnacles and its homologue or in the basal lining of the mantle cavity in sessile barnacles.”
      “They are intermediates in such reactions as the change of a carboxylic acid to its next highest homologue or to a derivative of a homologous acid such as an ester or an amide.”
homologation
  1. (organic chemistry) Any reaction that converts a compound into the next member of a homologous series, usually by lengthening a carbon chain
  2. (law) Official certification
  3. Examples:
    1. “In the US, hang glider pilots have to pay hundreds of times more for a world record homologation than any other pilots in the world have to pay.”
      “The new firm's services will include prototyping, production analysis, performance testing and vehicle homologation for particular markets.”
      “Designed for rallying, the Renault 5 Turbo was also sold in road going gise for homologation purposes.”
homologon
  1. Archaic form of homologue.
homologen
  1. (archaic) A homologue.
homologations
  1. plural of homologation
homologa
  1. plural of homologon
homologens
  1. plural of homologen
homologues
  1. plural of homologue
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The lateral vacuities are referred to as the vestibular fontanelles and may be the homologues of the middle ear.”
      “The process will be described with reference to citronellal as the aldehyde but it is equally applicable to homologues thereof.”
      “Frontal glands have been cited in the classical literature as probable homologues of Platyhelminthes and nemerteans.”
homologies
  1. plural of homology
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Plate homologies between the two basic types of aboral cup construction, monocyclic and dicyclic, were not always as had traditionally been assumed.”
      “However helpful this removal can be, there needs also to be a cohesive model of homologies that can draw upon the integration of morphology, ontogeny, and paleontology.”
      “The wings of birds, forelimbs of a lizard and human arms are homologies, because they are all derived from the same primitive structure in the common ancestor of these groups.”
homologs
  1. plural of homolog
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Early in meiosis, each pair of homologs comes together to form a tetrad containing two pairs of sister chromatids.”
      “We attempted to glean information about their functions by searching for possible homologs in other organisms.”
      “This is a region of highest conservation, which consists of amino acids that are identical in both the prokaryotic and eukaryotic homologs.”
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