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Definition of Homophyly
1. n. That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition to homomorphy, to which genealogic basis is wanting.
Definition of Homophyly
1. [n -LIES]
Medical Definition of Homophyly
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Homophyly
Literary usage of Homophyly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1903)
"... similarity of the parts of two organisms as denoting homophyly, or likeness
of genesis. Various degrees of special homologies have been distinguished. ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"For this reason special b- mology might better be called homogeny (Lii- kester)
or homophyly. Contrasted with this air such morphological resemblances as ..."
3. The Analysis of Racial Descent in Animals by Thomas Harrison Montgomery (1906)
"The expression homology is used accordingly quite in the sense of homophyly."
And so we will employ homology, with the basic idea of community of descent, ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americanaedited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1903)
"For this reason special homology might better be called homogeny (Lan- kester)
or homophyly. Contrasted with this are such morphological resemblances as are ..."
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