different between homologous vs xenologous
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
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- what homologous structures
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xenologous
English
Etymology
xeno- +? -logous
Adjective
xenologous (not comparable)
- (genetics) homologous due to horizontal gene flow
xenologous From the web:
- what is xenologous genes
- xenologous genes example
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