HOMOLOGOUS
homologous
Adjective
- Showing a degree of correspondence or similarity.
- Corresponding to a similar structure in another life form with a common evolutionary origin.
- Flippers and hands are homologous structures.
- Belonging to a series of aliphatic organic compounds that differ only by the addition of a CH2 group.
- Having the same morphology as another chromosome.
- Corresponding to a similar structure in another life form with a common evolutionary origin.
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