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Homoplasy   Listen
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Homoplasy  n.  (Biol.) See Homogeny.






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"Homoplasy" Quotes from Famous Books



... with no genetic affinity, or only a remote one, as the homological relation between the chambers of the heart of a bat and those of a {159} bird, or the similar teeth of the thylacine and the dog before spoken of. For this relationship Mr. Bay Lankester has proposed the term "homoplasy." ...
— On the Genesis of Species • St. George Mivart



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