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Abstract
The degree of similarity between sequences. Studies of AMINO ACID SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY and NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY provide useful information about the genetic relatedness of genes, gene products, and species.
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- Homologies, Sequence
- Homology, Sequence
- Sequence Homologies
- Homologous Sequences
- Homologs, Sequence
- Sequence Homologs
- Homolog, Sequence
- Homologous Sequence
- Sequence Homolog
- Sequence, Homologous
- Sequences, Homologous
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- Amino Acid Sequence (1967-1992)
- Base Sequence (1971-1992)
- Molecular Sequence Data (1988-1992)
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization (1971-1985)
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- National Library of Medicine. Sequence Homology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017385. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017385
- Sequence Homology. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequence_homology
- Sequence Homology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q414601