the more homologies they share, and the more similar these homologies are. Until recent decades, the study of homologies was limited to anatomical structures and pattern of embryonic development. Full article >>>
He pressed on with his work on barnacles and found "homologies" showing dramatically how organs could have changed functions to meet new conditions, supporting his theory. Full article >>>
Shared derived characters; homologies that evolved in an ancestor common to all species on one branch of a fork in a cladogram, but not common to species on the other branch. synapse (sin-aps) [Gk. synapsis, a union] ... Full article >>>
Gene superfamily: A large group of genes related (often poorly) by sequencehomologies or by the structures of their products, and by their involvement in different aspects of the same larger process (e.g. immunoglobulin gene superfamily). Full article >>>
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