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- noun Plural form of
homology .
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Examples
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The fact that such diverse points of view could direct the observer towards the same result gives, inferentially, a suggestive lesson in what the modern physiologist calls the homologies of parts of the organism.
A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume I: The Beginnings of Science 1904
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Geoffroy, the discoverer of "analogies" (now called homologies), held that animal anatomy had a "unity of plan" upon which thousands of variations were imposed.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences current issue E. M. De Robertis 2008
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J.F. Meckel [152] discusses "homologies" of this kind in the thorough and pedestrian way so characteristic of him.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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In his work on barnacles he found "homologies" that supported his theory by showing that slightly changed body parts could serve different functions to meet new conditions.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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In his work on barnacles he found "homologies" that supported his theory by showing that slightly changed body parts could serve different functions to meet new conditions.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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In his work on barnacles he found "homologies" that supported his theory by showing that slightly changed body parts could serve different functions to meet new conditions.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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In his work on barnacles he found "homologies" that supported his theory by showing that slightly changed body parts could serve different functions to meet new conditions.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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In his work on barnacles he found "homologies" that supported his theory by showing that slightly changed body parts could serve different functions to meet new conditions.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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In his work on barnacles he found "homologies" that supported his theory by showing that slightly changed body parts could serve different functions to meet new conditions.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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In his work on barnacles he found "homologies" that supported his theory by showing that slightly changed body parts could serve different functions to meet new conditions.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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