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Synonyms for homologous

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Antonyms for homologous

having the same evolutionary origin but not necessarily the same function

corresponding or similar in position or structure or function or characteristics

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The homologous theory got rid of the need to intercalate a new generation and required only the modification of the already existing sexual and asexual forms of thallophytes.
* The need for homologous blood transfusion diminished considerably.
A particularly unexpected finding in this respect is that structures traditionally viewed as being analogous are regulated in their development by genes that are clearly homologous. Some biologists hold that traditional conclusions about the relatedness of certain structures should now be revised in favor of homology whereas others stress the need for caution.
Accordingly, eggs of Ascidia sydnejensis, Ascidia nigra, and Phallusia julinea were each exposed to sperm from the other two species, incubated 5 min for the completion of glycosidase release [17], and then re-inseminated with sperm from the egg-producing (homologous) species.
Yet neither single-strand annealing nor homologous recombination is unique to D.
Researchers also studied homologous series of compounds to gain information regarding both the mechanisms of olfactory response and the influence of chain length on odor perception.
The sex organs arise out of similar structures, but though the penis and the clitoris are homologous, they are very different in appearance and function.
These proteins have been adapted to assays for homologous antiviral antibodies in patients with suspected hantavirus infection and in rodent hosts.
- The component parts of butterfly wing patterns are arranged in sets of serially homologous pattern elements, repeated from wing cell to wing cell.
- British-Dutch pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca (OTC: AZNCF) AstraZeneca and US-based Merck (NYSE: MRK) have released positive results from the Phase 3 PROfound trial of Lynparza in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who have an homologous recombination repair gene mutation and have progressed on prior treatment with new hormonal anticancer treatments (e.g.
Preclinical data indicate that combining talazoparib with ZEN-3694 is a rational combination to test in patients that are proficient in homologous DNA repair.
Their discoveries relate to RNA interference and the telomerase machinery, the viral etiology of AIDS and cervical cancer, experimental genetics through the use of homologous gene recombination in embryonal stem cells, and in-vitro fertilization.
In the future as part of this homologous process, with culturing, these cells will be cryopreserved according to blood type.
Scientists in the Ellerby lab corrected the mutation by replacing the expanded trinucleotide repeat with a normal repeat using homologous recombination.