Definitions
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- verb make homologous
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Examples
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Their teeth are strange, with cusps and folds that have proved almost impossible to homologise with those of other placental mammals.
Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Owing to the difference of development he would not homologise these bones in the newt with the palatine and pterygoid of other Vertebrates.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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But ordinary methods of comparison fail when the attempt is made to homologise the structure of fishes with that of air-breathing
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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In the great class of molluscs, though we can homologise the parts of one species with those of another and distinct species, we can indicate but few serial homologies; that is, we are seldom enabled to say that one part or organ is homologous with another in the same individual.
On the Origin of Species~ Chapter 13 (historical) Charles Darwin 1859
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In the great class of molluscs, though we can homologise the parts of one species with those of another and distinct species, we can indicate but few serial homologies; that is, we are seldom enabled to say that one part or organ is homologous with another in the same individual.
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In the great class of molluscs, though we can homologise the parts of one species with those of other and distinct species, we can indicate but few serial homologies; that is, we are seldom enabled to say that one {438} part or organ is homologous with another in the same individual.
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (2nd edition) Charles Darwin 1845
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In the great class of molluscs, though we can homologise the parts of one species with those of another and distinct species, we can indicate but few serial homologies; that is, we are seldom enabled to say that one part or organ is homologous with another in the same individual.
On the origin of species Charles Darwin 1845
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