different between homologous vs homozygous
homologous
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h??m?l???s/
Etymology
From Latinized form of Greek homologos "agreeing, of one mind" from homos "same" + logos "relation, reasoning"
From 1655, in the mathematical sense. See also homolog, homologue. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
homologous (comparative more homologous, superlative most homologous)
- Showing a degree of correspondence or similarity.
- (mathematics) In corresponding proportion.
- (biology) Corresponding to a similar structure in another life form with a common evolutionary origin.
- (chemistry) Belonging to a series of aliphatic organic compounds that differ only by the addition of a CH? group.
- (genetics) Having the same morphology as another chromosome; relating to a homologue.
- (mathematics) In corresponding proportion.
Usage notes
- (biology) For a discussion of the use of the term "homology" (and by association "homologous") in biology, see: Patterson, Colin. "Homology in Classical and Molecular Biology." Molecular Biology and Evolution 5, no. 6 (November 1988): 603–625. http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/5/6/603.pdf (accessed 18 December 2009; archived 18 December 2009, http://www.webcitation.org/5m7rn4rCe )
Antonyms
- heterologous
Derived terms
Related terms
- autologous
- homolog, homologue
- homologize
- homology
Translations
References
homologous From the web:
- what homologous chromosomes
- what homologous structures
- what homologous series is c9h20 a part of
- what homologous series is c5h8 a part of
- what homologous structures are found on the platypus
- what homologous series
- how to identify homologous chromosomes
- how to say homologous chromosomes
homozygous
English
Etymology
From homo- +? -zygous.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?h??m???za???s/
Adjective
homozygous (comparative more homozygous, superlative most homozygous)
- Of an organism in which both copies of a given gene have the same allele
Derived terms
- homozygousness
Related terms
Translations
homozygous From the web:
- what homozygous means
- what's homozygous and heterozygous
- what's homozygous recessive
- what's homozygous dominant
- what homozygous gene pair
- what homozygous dominant trait
- what homozygous genotype
- what homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia
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