homologous

German: homolog
Japanese: 同種の、相同の

Corresponding in structure, position, origin, etc.
1. Biology. Similar in structure and evolutionary origin, but different in function, as the flippers of a penguin and the hands of a human.
2. Genetics. A homologous choromosome has the same morphology and linear sequence of gene loci as another chromosome.

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