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Glossary
Term
Homology MGI Glossary
Definition
The relationship of any two characters that have descended from a common ancestor. This term can apply to a morphological structure, a chromosome or an individual gene or DNA segment. See the following Figure.
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Contributing Projects:
Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB), Gene Ontology (GO), MouseCyc
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MGI 5.12 		The Jackson Laboratory