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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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 • Nov. 28, 2017
The first column shows the gene identifier of the P. vivax P01 homologue of the gene pseudogenized and/or deleted in one or more of the two reference genome assemblies.
From Nature • Jan. 24, 2017
Bacillus subtilis gene names are used when no C. difficile homologue is available.
From Nature • May 3, 2016
By the way, if Kaiju are bio-engineered we might speculate that they wouldn’t have a DNA homologue at all.
From Scientific American • Jul. 25, 2013
Yet, as the appearance of the nebula in great telescopes shows, we can not expect that the processes of creation will here produce a homologue of our solar system.
From Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments by Serviss, Garrett Putman
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