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[385] "On the use of the term Homology in Modern Zoology, and the distinction between Homogenetic and Homoplastic agreements," _Ann.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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Homology is a matter of quality, not quantity and the oxymoronic term ‘percent homology’ is seldom seen these days.
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Homology is based on a probability analysis, not an argument from incredulity.
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Homology is based on a probability analysis, not an argument from incredulity.
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The aspects are titled Homology, Fossil Record, Antibiotic Resistance, Peppered Moths, and Endosymbiosis.
Ohio: Fordham Evaluation Authors Weigh In - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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I’m not going to ask why it’s called the Homology lamp, but I don’t like the fact that it looks like it’s giving me the finger!
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"Homology" is the name applied to the investigation of those profound resemblances which have so often been found to underlie superficial differences between animals of very different form and habit.
On the Genesis of Species St. George Mivart
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"Homology" simply is commonly used to indicate the resemblance between any two structures in different animals, in origin and position as regards other parts.
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‘Homology’ itself becomes a useless word unless we redefine it to mean something like ‘statistically more similarity than we would expect on the basis of chance’.
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Homology Floor Lamp that has been designed by Giorgio Gurioli.
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