‘Homology’ as a concept became increasingly elusive during the
course of the 20th century. The central debates and controversies
concern both fundamental definitions and the nature of the criteria
by which homology is judged. Attempts to move away from comparative
morphology to ideas based on developmental pathways have tended to
founder on the fact that developmental pathways evolve and that
similar cells or tissues or structures in animals will often have
different develo...
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Homology-History of a Concept (A. Panchen).
Homoplasy, Homology and the Problem of ‘Sameness’ in Biology (D.
Wake).
Homology Among Divergent Paleozoic Tetrapod ...
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