Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Something that is homologous, as an organ, body part, or gene.

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  • noun Something homologous; a homologous organ or part, chemical compound or a chromosome.
  • noun linguistics A word shared by two languages or dialects.
  • noun genetics One of a group of similar DNA sequences that share a common ancestry.
  • noun organic chemistry A member of a homologous series

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French homologue, from Greek homologon, neuter of homologos, agreeing; see homologous.]

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From French homologue, From Ancient Greek ὁμόλογος ("agreeing, of one mind"), equivalent to homo +‎ -log

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Examples

  • As it turns out, a very similar gene, Atonal homolog 1, controls the development secretory cells in the lining of the colon in both humans and mice — and, as Bossyut and his team discovered, inactivating Atoh1 in mice triggers the onset of colon cancer.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2009

  • Our genetic evidence from Drosophila and previous in vitro studies of mammalian Atonal homolog 1 (Atoh1, also called Math1 or Hath1) suggest an anti-oncogenic function for the Atonal group of proneural basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors.

    Intervallic cell Matthew Guerrieri 2009

  • Our genetic evidence from Drosophila and previous in vitro studies of mammalian Atonal homolog 1 (Atoh1, also called Math1 or Hath1) suggest an anti-oncogenic function for the Atonal group of proneural basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2009

  • As it turns out, a very similar gene, Atonal homolog 1, controls the development secretory cells in the lining of the colon in both humans and mice — and, as Bossyut and his team discovered, inactivating Atoh1 in mice triggers the onset of colon cancer.

    Intervallic cell Matthew Guerrieri 2009

  • * Ullrich actually found the human homolog of the mouse neu gene.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • In the summer of 1984, a team of researchers, collaborating with Weinberg, discovered the human homolog of the neu gene.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • In the summer of 1984, a team of researchers, collaborating with Weinberg, discovered the human homolog of the neu gene.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • * Ullrich actually found the human homolog of the mouse neu gene.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • * Ullrich actually found the human homolog of the mouse neu gene.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • In the summer of 1984, a team of researchers, collaborating with Weinberg, discovered the human homolog of the neu gene.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

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