| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. An alternative spelling for "Homogeny": Joint nature.[Websters]. | |
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Date "HOMOPLASY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Homoplasy \Ho*mop"la*sy\, noun. [Homo- Greek expression to form, mold.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: HOMOPLASY
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Fisheries | A condition in which two or more individuals share a particular character state (restriction site presence/absence, tandem repeat copy number, DNA sequence, etc.) by one of several means other than shared ancestry; that is, the shared character states are independently derived through convergence, parallelism, or reversal. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: HOMOPLASY
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| Homoplasy (adj. homoplasic) | Geology | Organs or other bodily structures within different species which resemble each other and have the same functions, but which did not have a common ancestral origin and development. Instead, the parts arose via convergent evolution and are thus analogies. (references) | |
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