homolog
- a variation of homologue.
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Delving deeper, the researchers conducted structural simulations and molecular docking studies to elucidate whether the vitamin K homolog interacts with mGluR1.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2025
The team's next step was to look for a similar gene, or homolog, in humans.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2023
This is why the cells are considered haploid—there is only one chromosome set, even though each homolog still consists of two sister chromatids.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
To maintain point-for-point synapsis during meiosis, one homolog must form a loop, and the other homolog must mold around it.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
A LuxR homolog in a cottonwood tree endophyte that activates gene expression in response to a plant signal or specific peptides.
From Nature ● Nov. 14, 2017
