Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of, pertaining to, or characterized by homogenesis; passing through the same cycle of existence as the parent.
- Having a common origin; derived from the same structure, however variously modified, as organs or parts of any two or more animals: synonymous with homologous in its biological sense, and distinguished from
homoplastic .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Biol.) Homogenous; -- applied to that class of homologies which arise from similarity of structure, and which are taken as evidences of common ancestry.
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- adjective biology
homogenous ; applied to a class ofhomologies that arise fromsimilarity ofstructure and are taken asevidence ofcommon ancestry .
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Examples
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Why should their homogenetic, rural, agrarian voters shape the race from the get-go?
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The term "analogy" was to be retained for cases of functional resemblance, whether homogenetic or not.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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Had they been so, this kind of serial homology might be termed "homogenetic."
On the Genesis of Species St. George Mivart
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