Wondering how to use Homologous in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as heterologous or homological.
Homologous in a sentence
Homologous meaning
- Showing a degree of correspondence or similarity.
- In corresponding proportion.
Synonyms of Homologous
Using Homologous
- The main meaning on this page is: Showing a degree of correspondence or similarity. | In corresponding proportion. | Showing a degree of correspondence or similarity.
- Useful related words include: heterologous, homologic, homological, analogous.
- In the example corpus, homologous often appears in combinations such as: homologous to, homologous chromosomes, are homologous.
Context around Homologous
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Homologous
- In this selection, "homologous" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pulling, non, allogenic, chromosomes, recombination and structures stand out and add context to how "homologous" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 95 of homologous proteins spanning and a similar homologous sequence for. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "homologous" sits close to words such as ade, admirably and alf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with homologous
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They are homologous structures. (4 words)
Homologous recombinational repair is especially promoted during meiosis. (8 words)
Cells and organisms with pairs of homologous chromosomes are called diploid. (11 words)
Double-stranded break repair via non-homologous end joining was recently identified as a source of intron gain when researchers identified short direct repeats flanking 43% of gained introns in Daphnia. (31 words)
However, multiple sequence alignment might reveal that helix-favoring amino acids occur at that position (and nearby positions) in 95% of homologous proteins spanning nearly a billion years of evolution. (30 words)
Diplotene During the diplotene stage, also known as diplonema, from Greek words meaning "two threads", : 30 the synaptonemal complex degrades and homologous chromosomes separate from one another a little. (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
Surprisingly, RNase H2 expression in S phase actually induced more DNA damage, which required a special type of DNA repair called homologous recombination to fix.
They are homologous structures.
Anaphase I Kinetochore microtubules shorten, pulling homologous chromosomes (which consist of a pair of sister chromatids) to opposite poles.
A second, dorsal aorta carries oxygenated blood from the gills to the rest of the body, and is homologous with the descending aorta of tetrapods.
Because homologous chromosomes usually differ genetically, gametes usually differ genetically from one another.
Cells and organisms with pairs of homologous chromosomes are called diploid.
Diplotene During the diplotene stage, also known as diplonema, from Greek words meaning "two threads", : 30 the synaptonemal complex degrades and homologous chromosomes separate from one another a little.
Double-stranded break repair via non-homologous end joining was recently identified as a source of intron gain when researchers identified short direct repeats flanking 43% of gained introns in Daphnia.
Each sexual organ in one sex has a homologous counterpart in the other one.
Endogenous antigens include xenogenic (heterologous), autologous and idiotypic or allogenic (homologous) antigens.
For a long time, chemists thought that element 93 would be homologous to rhenium, making the discovery and identification of neptunium nearly impossible.
For example, if the alleles on homologous chromosomes exhibit a "simple dominance" relationship, the trait of the "dominant" allele shows in the phenotype.
Homologous animals have the same causes, symptoms and treatment options as would humans who have the same disease.
Homologous recombinational repair is especially promoted during meiosis.
However, antennae, mandibles, and oral papillae are probably not homologous to the corresponding features in arthropods, i.e., they probably developed independently.
However, available evidence may range from nonverbal behaviors—including physiological responses and homologous facial displays and acoustic utterances—to neurochemical studies.
However, knowing the structure of a similar homologous sequence (for example a member of the same protein family ) can unambiguously identify the tertiary structure of the given sequence.
However, multiple sequence alignment might reveal that helix-favoring amino acids occur at that position (and nearby positions) in 95% of homologous proteins spanning nearly a billion years of evolution.
If both alleles at a gene (or locus) on the homologous chromosomes are the same, they and the organism are homozygous with respect to that gene (or locus).
If this were true, damage to the homologous region of Broca's area in the right hemisphere should cause aphasia in a left-handed individual.
Common combinations with homologous
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- homologous to 13×
- homologous chromosomes 10×
- are homologous 6×
- the homologous 6×
- homologous with 5×
- homologous recombinational 5×
- be homologous 5×
- is homologous 4×
- of homologous 4×
- not homologous 3×