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What does homogeny mean?

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Noun
  1. (biology) Similarity in structure, though of different function, because of genetic relationships
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A soft wooden sound, homogeny, with an equality of intensity in the lower registers as of the high registers which are never shrill.
This regulation was not only for practicality, but also homogeny, a loss of identity.
The more levels are offered, the more homogeny classes are and the better your progress will be.
Victoria's Secret can keep their idea of what the 'perfect body' looks like, resplendent in its exclusive, poisonous homogeny.
To counter these problems Spemann reintroduced Lankester's original distinction between homogeny and homoplasy.
In Lankester's definition homogeny refers to those aspects of homology that can be traced directly to the common ancestor.

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