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homologs

homologs is the plural of homolog.

Meaning of homolog

Noun

homolog (plural homologs)

  1. A phoneme, morpheme, or word shared by two languages or dialects, via cognation or naturalization.
  2. One of a group of similar DNA sequences that share a common ancestry, or the peptides or proteins that they encode; the counterpart gene or protein in another taxon evolved from a common ancestor (molecularly it may be either identical or similar).
    • TP53 is the human homolog of murine Trp53.
  3. A member of a homologous series.
  4. (cultural anthropology) A belief, practice, concept, or artifact that has a counterpart in another culture.

Questions about homologs

What is homologs the plural of?
Homologs is the plural of homolog.

Words near homologs in the dictionary

  1. homologous recombination
  2. homologous recombinations
  3. homologous series
  4. homologously
  5. homolographic
  6. homologs
  7. homologue
  8. homologues
  9. homologumena
  10. homology
  11. homology group

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Adapted from Wiktionary: homologs (page history and authors); homolog (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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