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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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For many, Nirvana was the last big band that mattered, a highly critical and credible force in an industry that thrives more and more on homogeny.
In isolation, the stifling homogeny of the album doesn't come across as strongly, and the crooning doesn't get as tiresome.
My thing is, by the time this exportation has created a loose sort of worldwide cultural homogeny the original cultures themselves will have changed.
To counter these problems Spemann reintroduced Lankester's original distinction between homogeny and homoplasy.
England is different because there is more homogeny, although there are regional differences.
In Lankester's definition homogeny refers to those aspects of homology that can be traced directly to the common ancestor.

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