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Definition: HOMOPHYLY

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition to homomorphy, to which genealogic basis is wanting.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Homophyly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Homophyly \Ho*moph"y*ly\, noun. [Homo- Greek expression clan.]. (references)

Definition: HOMOPHYLY

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition to homomorphy, to which genealogic basis is wanting.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "HOMOPHYLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Homophyly \Ho*moph"y*ly\, noun. [Homo- Greek expression clan.]. (references)