homogeny
noun
ho·mog·e·ny
\hōˈmäjənē, həˈ-, häˈ-\
Definition of homogeny
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: correspondence between parts or organs due to descent from the same ancestral type : homology —opposed to homoplasy
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Origin and Etymology of homogeny
Greek homogeneia, from homogenēs of the same kind + -ia -y — more at homogeneous
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