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How to use homologous in a sentence

18 example sentences · adjective

Homologous means in corresponding proportion. Example: “Flippers and hands are homologous structures.”

Examples of homologous by meaning

adjectiveCorresponding to a similar structure in another life form with a common evolutionary origin.

  • Flippers and hands are homologous structures.
  • Lobules, homologous in structure, recur again only in the Gondwanalandic families Lepidolaenaceae and Jubulopsidaceae thus in the Lepidolaenineae.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill....

More sentences with homologous

  • In order to do this, the gene to knock out must first be floxed by homologous recombination.2003, Louis-Marie Houdebine, Animal Transgenesis and Cloning, →ISBN, page 93. From the entry flox
  • It is, however, highly homologous to the scorpion insectotoxins derived from Buthus eupeus venom.2001, Kenneth M. Blumenthal, “38: Ion Chaannels as Targets for Toxins”, in Nicholas Sperelakis, editor, Cell Physiology Source Book…. From the entry insectotoxin
  • Aidids have presumably homologous warts, although these do not bear long secondary setae.1996, Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, volumes 580-589, page 96. From the entry aidid
  • The reason is that homologous pairing takes place before metaphasis, during pachytene.1992, Pieter Jan Cornelis Kuiper, Plantago: a multidisciplinary study, page 234. From the entry metaphasis
  • The homologous recombination technique has some advantages, such as the ability to quickly chimerize a mouse MAb.1989, New horizons of tumor immunotherapy: proceedings of the International Symposium on New Horizons of Tumor Immunotherapy, held in…. From the entry chimerize
  • There is no reason to doubt that the tooth comb is homologous in all the lemuriforms.1979, Frederick S. Szalay, Eric Delson, “Suborder Strepsirhini”, in Evolutionary History of the Primates, New York, N.Y.; London: Academic…. From the entry toothcomb
  • The propodite productors in Penaeus are homologous with the propodite productor in Astacus, Pandalus, and Callinectes.1959, Joseph H. Young, Morphology of the White Shrimp Penaeus setiferus (Linnaeus 1758) (Fishery Bulletin), Washington, D.C.: United…. From the entry productor
  • The intersegments are homologous to the transverse conjunctivae of the preabdomen.1923, Memoir, numbers 68-77, page 59. From the entry intersegment
  • In heterodisomic UPD, two distinct homologous chromosomes are received from one parent, indicating that an error took place during meiosis I.2015 July 21, Jiawei Xu et al., “Genome-wide uniparental disomy screen in human discarded morphologically abnormal embryos”, in Scientific…. From the entry heterodisomic
  • Homologous recombination occurs intrachromosomally as well as interchromosomally, both in mitotic (somatic) cells as well as meiotically in the germline.1995, Shulman MJ, Collins C, Connor A, Read LR, Baker MD, “Interchromosomal recombination is suppressed in mammalian somatic cells”, in…. From the entry interchromosomally
  • The fact that different structures can be shown to be functionally isomorphic implies that they are analogous, not homologous.1993, Marcus Jacobson, Foundations of Neuroscience, page 106. From the entry isomorphic
  • The hairscales are homologous with the other scales and this is our reason for suggesting the term hairscale.1974, Ø Moestrup, HA Thomsen, “An ultrastructural study of the flagellate Pyramimonas orientalis with particular emphasis on Golgi…. From the entry hairscale
  • Attempts at antiskin autologous immunization and antikidney, antiliver and antispleen homologous immunization with normal organs yielded negative results.1966, Romanian Medical Review - Volume 10, page 51. From the entry antiliver
  • The ovaries of Collembola are probably not homologous with those of insects, but are sac-like with a lateral germarium and no ovarioles.1998, Reginald Frederick Chapman, The Insects. From the entry ovariole
  • Furthermore, we identified 5 A. triangularis homologous sequences shared with Medusavirus, a giant virus that replicates on Acanthamoeba castellanii, which was isolated from hot spring water.2020 March 16, Issam Hasni et al., “Description of Virulent Factors and Horizontal Gene Transfers of Keratitis-Associated Amoeba…. From the entry medusavirus
  • If the shift in theatrical setting and the shift in dramaturgy are at all related, they are apposite developments, independent yet homologous signs of a changing political and cultural climate.2000, David Skeele, “"All That Monarchs Do": The Obscured Stages of Authority in Pericles”, in Pericles: Critical Essays. From the entry apposite

Meaning of homologous

  1. adjective In corresponding proportion.
  2. adjective Corresponding to a similar structure in another life form with a common evolutionary origin.
  3. adjective Belonging to a series of aliphatic organic compounds that differ only by the addition of a CH₂ group.

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Questions about homologous in a sentence

How do you use homologous in a sentence?
Homologous is used as an adjective. For example: “Flippers and hands are homologous structures.”
What is a short sentence with homologous?
“Flippers and hands are homologous structures.”
What does homologous mean?
Homologous means in corresponding proportion.

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