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Homoplasmy

Ho′mo-plasˊmy

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Noun.
[
Homo-
+ Gr. [GREEK] anything formed, fr. [GREEK] to form, mold.]
(Biol.)
Resemblance between different plants or animals, in external shape, in general habit, or in organs, which is not due to descent from a common ancestor, but to similar surrounding circumstances.

Definition 2024


homoplasmy

homoplasmy

English

Noun

homoplasmy (uncountable)

  1. the presence of the same mutation in all copies of mitochondrial or plastid DNA within a single cell or individual

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