homologous

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Recent Examples of homologous For example, the FDA noted that heterologous boosters resulted in similar or higher serologic responses than did homologous boosters. Judy Stone, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024 Another interesting recommendation from ACIP is to use vaccines from the same manufacturer (homologous vaccines). Judy Stone, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024 Brain probes conducted during virtual jaunts have uncovered many points that apply to the human brain also, which is homologous to the mouse brain, Dombeck notes. IEEE Spectrum, 9 Dec. 2023 While the similarity could be just phenomenological, this indicates a possibility that mycelium networks transform information via interaction of spikes and trains of spikes in manner homologous to neurons. Lloyd Alter, Treehugger, 20 Oct. 2023 For example, people with prostate or ovarian cancers can use biomarker testing to see if their cancer has homologous recombination repair (HRR) mutations, and people with ovarian cancer can use this type of testing to determine if their cancer has homologous recombination deficiency (HRD). Alice Oglethorpe, Country Living, 2 Mar. 2021 These include cutting the genome into fragments that can later be joined together or, more recently, using the ISA protocol, whereby overlapping fragments naturally come together in cells through homologous recombination: a phenomenon in which two DNA molecules exchange fragments. Virginie Courtier, Quartz, 4 June 2021 That means that the offspring are going to have two homologous chromosomes which are reflective of very different ancestral histories. Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 9 July 2011 No homologous primate facial expression is known; however, some facial expressions displayed by high-status animal aggressors involve smile components. Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 28 July 2017
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Adjective
  • In a typical breeding pair, one bird has two copies of the standard version, analogous to the XX genotype in humans.
    Donna L. Maney, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
  • For example, the ocean being an extension of our lungs, also the tides, the currents as kind of analogous to a circulatory system, circulating the nutrients around the body of the Earth, etc.
    Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • At stake is coverage for roughly 79 million people enrolled in Medicaid and its related Children's Health Insurance Program.
    Phil Galewitz, NPR, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Tell us in the comments, and then read the related article about the 50th anniversary special or this one from the New York Times comedy critic. Students 13 and older in the United States and Britain, and 16 and older elsewhere, are invited to comment.
    The Learning Network, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Pew previously conducted two similar studies in 2007 and 2014 using a different methodology than the current study; some measures in the poll are not comparable to previous studies.
    Jennifer Agiesta, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025
  • That slightly positive metric ended eight consecutive quarters of comparable sales declines.
    Melissa Repko, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Mathematicians are close to applying this exactitude to homological mirror symmetry, a program that vastly extends string theory’s original idea of mirror symmetry.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 30 Mar. 2017
  • Sheridan, Sheel Ganatra and Timothy Perutz—is building on seminal ideas introduced in 1990s by Kontsevich related to his homological mirror symmetry conjecture.
    Kevin Hartnett, WIRED, 15 Apr. 2018

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