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What does homolog mean?

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Noun
  1. Something homologous; a homologous organ or part, chemical compound or a chromosome.
  2. (linguistics) A word shared by two languages or dialects.
  3. (genetics) One of a group of similar DNA sequences that share a common ancestry.
  4. (organic chemistry) A member of a homologous series
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Similarly, mutations within the Drosophila CBP homolog have wide-ranging pleiotropic phenotypes.
The so-called Hemingway cats have six digits, with the extra digit the homolog of the human thumb, which gives the paw a mittenlike appearance.
The topic of his research was Functional Characterization of Vti homolog 1b in Amblyomma americanum ticks.
This homolog maps on chromosome 10L and is part of the most recent set of segmental duplications in the maize genome.
The cnidarian homolog of the nervous system is a nerve net that is largely ectodermal.
The word processor and the data sheet applications had gained more ergonomic and are equivalent to their so expensive homolog.

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