homology
noun
the state of being homologous; homologous relation or correspondence.
homologies
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pluralof homology.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Newer technologies can be used to help distinguish homologies from analogies.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Trying to decipher the proper connections, especially given the presence of homologies and analogies, makes the task of building an accurate tree of life extraordinarily difficult.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Our analyses begin to integrate macroscopic information about morphology, organismal physiology, and descriptive embryology of these deuterostomes with genomic information about gene homologies, gene arrangements, gene novelties and non-coding elements.
From Nature ● Nov. 17, 2015
When scientists started sequencing DNA, they were able to find homologies between genes as well.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2010
I feel much confidence, that the homologies here given are correct.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
