homoeologous
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homoeologous (not comparable)
- (genetics) (of a chromosome) similar in genetic makeup, especially that were homologous in an ancestral form
- 2015, Xiaoting Huang et al., “Genomic in situ hybridization identifies parental chromosomes in hybrid scallop (Bivalvia, Pectinoida, Pectinidae) between female Chlamys farreri and male Argopecten irradians irradians”, in Comparative Cytogenetics[1], volume 9, :
- By using blocking DNA and pre-annealing to block homoeologous sequences, labeled genomic DNA probes from one parent could not hybridize to chromosomes from the other one.