HOMOGENETIC

Etymology

Adjective

homogenetic (not comparable)

(biology) homogenous; applied to a class of homologies that arise from similarity of structure and are taken as evidence of common ancestry.

Source: Wiktionary


Ho`mo*ge*net"ic, a. (Biol.)

Definition: Homogenous; -- applied to that class of homologies which arise from similarity of structure, and which are taken as evidences of common ancestry.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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