Homology
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Homology may refer to:
- Homology (anthropology), a type of analogy whereby two human beliefs, practices or artefacts share similarities due to genetic or historical connections.
- Homology (biology): structures are said to be homologous if they are alike because of shared ancestry.
- Homology (mathematics), a procedure to associate a sequence of abelian groups or modules with a given mathematical object.
- Homology (sociology), a structural 'resonance' between the different elements making up a socio-cultural whole.
- Homologous series (chemistry), a series of organic compounds with a similar general formula.
- Homology modeling, a method of protein structure prediction
