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homomorphic

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ho·mo·mor·phic (hm-môrfk, hm-)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or characterized by a similarity of form but different structure.
2. Relating to two or more structures of similar size and form, usually of synaptic chromosomes.


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The model of ethnicity on the next page, which highlights key representative (not comprehensive) socio-cultural features (a homomorphic model) is an outsider's model (etic model) that is "imposed" on the available data.
rugosa has homomorphic sex chromosomes of subtelocentric (X and Y) and telocentric (X and Y) types, respectively, in both sexes.
 
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