the similarities in chemical behaviour shown by members of a homologous series
3. zoology
the measurable likenesses between animals, as used in grouping them according to the theory of cladistics
Word origin
C17: from Greek homologia agreement, from homologos agreeing; see homologate
Examples of 'homologies' in a sentence
homologies
Third, sequence features of homologies vary for different purposes in the donor and recipient genomes.
Nan Zhao, Yumei Wang, Jinping Hua 2018, 'The Roles of Mitochondrion in Intergenomic Gene Transfer in Plants: A Source and aPool', International Journal of Molecular Scienceshttp://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/19/2/547. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We propose to find homologies by aligning sequences with "gentle" masking of low-complexity tracts.
Martin C Frith 2011, 'Gentle masking of low-complexity sequences improves homology search.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3242753?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These teratological features are potentially significant in understanding seed-cone homologies among extant conifers.
Veit Martin Dörken, Paula J. Rudall 2018, 'Understanding the cone scale in Cupressaceae: insights from seed-cone teratology inGlyptostrobus pensilis', PeerJhttps://peerj.com/articles/4948.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Library sequence analysis successfully identified tobacco homologies of genes involved in embryogenesis and seed development.
Hu Tian-Xiang, Yu Miao, Zhao Jie 2010, 'Comparative transcriptional profiling analysis of the two daughter cells from tobaccozygote reveals the transcriptome differences in the apical and basal cells', BMC Plant Biologyhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2229/10/167. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Chromosome homologies with other species were observed.
Lima J. Fernando de S., Kasahara Sanae 2001, 'A new karyotype of Calomys (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae)', Iheringia: Série Zoologiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0073-47212001000200019. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Emergent radiation scaling relations are immediately available from consistent homologies.
J. R. A. J. NiCastro 2018, 'Study of Two-Sided Similarity Methods Using a Radiation “Switch on” Imploding Shockin a Magnetic Field', Journal of Applied Mathematicshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9701268. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It was identified that the phages 49 and 59 share 47 % homologies of nucleotide sequences.
М. А. Златогурська, Ф. І. Товкач 2017, 'VIRION DNAs STRUCTURE OF TEMPERATE ERWINIOPHAGES 49 AND 59', Mìkrobìologìâ ì Bìotehnologìâhttp://mbt.onu.edu.ua/article/view/118161. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The comparative study of karyotypes shows chromosomal homologies among the four species.
Venu Govindappa, G Venkatachalaiah 2013, 'Chromosomal homology of Uraeotyphlus oxyurus group of species (Amphibia, Gymnophiona,Ichthyophiidae)', Comparative Cytogeneticshttp://compcytogen.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=1785. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Those showed homologies to bacterial oxidoreductases, proteases, amidases and aminotransferases.
Nancy Weiland-Bräuer, Martin Johannes Kisch, Nicole Pinnow, Andreas Liese, Ruth AnneSchmitz-Streit 2016, 'Highly effective inhibition of biofilm formation by the first metagenome-derived AI-2quenching enzyme', Frontiers in Microbiologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01098/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)