verb
- to make homologous; to show or establish that structures or sequences are similar in origin or function
Usage: chiefly British spelling (American: homologizes); technical term used in biology, genetics, and comparative anatomy
Examples
- The researcher homologises the DNA sequences from different species to identify evolutionary relationships.
- In comparative anatomy, scientists homologises skeletal structures across mammals to understand common ancestry.
- The software homologises protein sequences to find conserved regions.
- By homologising the genes, the team discovered unexpected similarities between distant organisms.