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Homoplasy vs Homologous - What's the difference?

homoplasy | homologous |

As a noun homoplasy

is a correspondence between the parts or organs of different species acquired as the result of parallel evolution or convergence.

As an adjective homologous is

showing a degree of correspondence or similarity.

homoplasy

English

(Convergent evolution) (wikipedia homoplasy)

Noun

  • A correspondence between the parts or organs of different species acquired as the result of parallel evolution or convergence.

    • Related terms

    * hemiplasy * homoplasic * homoplasious

    homologous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Showing a degree of correspondence or similarity.
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  • (biology) Corresponding to a similar structure in another life form with a common evolutionary origin.
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    Lobules, homologous in structure, recur again only in the Gondwanalandic families Lepidolaenaceae and Jubulopsidaceae thus in the Lepidolaenineae.
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    Flippers and hands are homologous structures .
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  • (chemistry) Belonging to a series of aliphatic organic compounds that differ only by the addition of a CH2 group.
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  • (genetics) Having the same morphology as another chromosome.

    • 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

    * homologous series * homologous blood donation

    Related terms

    * homologue * homologize * homology * autologous