homologue
Americannoun
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something homologous.
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Chemistry. any member of a homologous series of organic compounds.
Ethane is a homologue of the alkane series.
noun
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biology a homologous part or organ
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chem any homologous compound
Etymology
Origin of homologue
1840–50; < French < Greek homólogon, neuter of homólogos homologous
Example Sentences
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As calculations had predicted, relativistic effects make the ionization potential of lawrencium even lower, relative to its lighter homologue lutetium, than the usual periodic trends would imply.
From Nature
The maize homologue ZmWAK is involved in defence against fungal pathogens30.
From Nature
Alic, N., Hoddinott, M. P., Vinti, G. & Partridge, L. Lifespan extension by increased expression of the Drosophila homologue of the IGFBP7 tumour suppressor.
From Nature
Iwasaki, K., McCarter, J., Francis, R. & Schedl, T. emo-1, a Caenorhabditis elegans Sec61p gamma homologue, is required for oocyte development and ovulation.
From Nature
The top hit for each species was retained as a ‘homologue’ for each Ae. tauschii gene for colinearity analyses and comparisons of chromosome structure.
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