homoeologous en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌhoʊmiˈɒləɡəs/ (General-American)
Etymology
By surface analysis, homoeology + -ous.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) (of a chromosome) Similar in genetic makeup, especially that were homologous in an ancestral form.
By using blocking DNA and pre-annealing to block homoeologous sequences, labeled genomic DNA probes from one parent could not hybridize to chromosomes from the other one.
2015, Xiaoting Huang et al., “Genomic in situ hybridization identifies parental chromosomes in hybrid scallop (Bivalvia, Pectinoida, Pectinidae) between female Chlamys farreri and male Argopecten irradians irradians”, in Comparative Cytogenetics, volume 9, →DOI:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| homœologous | alternative | lexicographic | |
| homeologous | alternative | lexicographic |