homologous
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Adjective
homologous (comparative more homologous, superlative most homologous)
- Showing a degree of correspondence or similarity.
- (biology) Corresponding to a similar structure in another life form with a common evolutionary origin.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 4:
- Lobules, homologous in structure, recur again only in the Gondwanalandic families Lepidolaenaceae and Jubulopsidaceae thus in the Lepidolaenineae.
- Flippers and hands are homologous structures.
- (chemistry) Belonging to a series of aliphatic organic compounds that differ only by the addition of a CH2 group.
- (genetics) Having the same morphology as another chromosome; relating to a homologue.
- (biology) Corresponding to a similar structure in another life form with a common evolutionary origin.
Usage notes
- (biology) For a discussion of the use of the term "homology" (and by association "homologous") in biology, see: Patterson, Colin. "Homology in Classical and Molecular Biology." Molecular Biology and Evolution 5, no. 6 (November 1988): 603–625. http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/5/6/603.pdf (accessed 18 December 2009; archived 18 December 2009, http://www.webcitation.org/5m7rn4rCe )
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showing a degree of correspondence
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(biology) corresponding to a similar structure in another life form
(chemistry) belonging to a series of aliphatic organic compounds