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homogenetic

homogenetic adjective: homogenous; applied to a class of homologies that arise from similarity of structure and are taken as evidence of common ancestry.

Adjective

homogenetic (not comparable)

  1. homogenous; applied to a class of homologies that arise from similarity of structure and are taken as evidence of common ancestry

Origin of homogenetic

From homo- + genetic.

Questions about homogenetic

What does homogenetic mean?
Homogenetic means homogenous; applied to a class of homologies that arise from similarity of structure and are taken as evidence of common ancestry.
What part of speech is homogenetic?
Homogenetic is an adjective.

Words near homogenetic in the dictionary

  1. homogeneous width
  2. homogeneous widths
  3. homogeneously
  4. homogeneousness
  5. homogenesis
  6. homogenetic
  7. homogenetical
  8. homogenic
  9. homogenicity
  10. homogenies
  11. homogenisate

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