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Homology (biology)

Known as: Homology (trait), Sequence similarity, Homologous organ 
In the context of biology, homology is the existence of shared ancestry between a pair of structures, or genes, in different taxa. A common example… 
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Mechanisms of Plant Defense Responses
Section 1: Genes for Incompatibility between Plants and Pathogens. Section 2: Pathogenicity Genes and Signals for Establishment… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Desiccation leads to the rapid accumulation of both cytosolic and chloroplastic proteins in the resurrection plant Craterostigma plantagineum Hochst
A number of desiccation-related and abscisic-acid (ABA)-inducible transcripts have been isolated from the resurrection plant… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
KAPOSI’S SARCOMA–ASSOCIATED HERPESVIRUS-LIKE DNA SEQUENCES IN AIDS-RELATED BODY-CAVITY–BASED LYMPHOMAS
Background. DNA fragments that appeared to belong to an unidentified human herpesvirus were recently found in more than 90… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Carbon Support Effects on Bimetallic Pt−Ru Nanoparticles Formed from Molecular Precursors
We describe the preparation, structural characterization, and support interactions experienced by two different compositions of… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Human RanGTPase activating protein RanGAP1 is a homolog of yeast RNA1p involved in messenger RNA processing and transport
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
BRAGI: a comprehensive protein modeling program system
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Comparison of amino acid sequences of eleven different α-amylases
SummaryA comparison was made of the amino acid sequences of 11 different α-amylases. The 6 animal α-amylases tested were found to… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Viroid RNAs of cadang-cadang disease of coconuts
Cadang-cadang is a serious lethal disease of coconut palms in the Philippines. Infectivity is associated with four viroid RNAs… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
The Structure and Function of Immunoglobulin Domains: IV. The Distribution of Some Effector Functions Among the Cγ2 and Cγ3 Homology Regions of Human Immunoglobulin G
The fragments related to the C γ 2 and C γ 3 homology regions of human IgG, described in the preceding paper by Ellerson, et al… 
Review
1971
Review
1971
Electron Micrographic Mapping of Deletions, Insertions, Inversions, and Homologies in the DNAs of Coliphages Lambda and Phi 80
The study of the functional organization of the DNA molecules of several bacteriophages has been the primary concern of this… 
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