HOMOLOGUE meaning: Similar structure, different evolutionary origin

We found 24 dictionaries that define the word homologue:

General (15 matching dictionaries)

homologue: Merriam-Webster
homologue: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
homologue: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
homologue: Collins English Dictionary
homologue: Wordnik
homologue: Wiktionary
homologue: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
homologue: Infoplease Dictionary
homologue: Dictionary.com
Homologue: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Homologue: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
homologue: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
Homologue: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
homologue: FreeDictionary.org
homologue: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)

homologue: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

homologue: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)

homologue: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
online medical dictionary (No longer online)
Homologue: Glossary of Terms Used in Medicinal Chemistry
homologue: Medical dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)

Bryological (No longer online)
Homologue: Medicinal Chemistry

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Homologue)

▸ noun: Alternative spelling of homolog [Something homologous; a homologous organ or part, chemical compound, chromosome, gene, or cultural element.]

Opposite:

analog, heterologous, non-homologous

Types:

ortholog, paralog, xenolog, ohnolog, co-ortholog, co-paralog, retrogene, more...

Adjectives:

human, mammalian, higher, next, cellular, normal, functional, lower, novel, structural, female

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