Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In biology, the relation subsisting between the segments (metameres or somites) of the body which are arranged along its long axis; serial homology, in the usual sense of that term.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biol.) The homology of metameres. See
metamere .
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- noun biology The
homology ofmetameres .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek of like power; the same + power.
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Examples
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General homology, in Gegenbaur's sense, relates to resemblances of organs within the organism, and includes four kinds of resemblance, homotypy, homodynamy, homonomy and homonymy.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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