Definition of Homotypy. Meaning of Homotypy. Synonyms of Homotypy

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Definition of Homotypy

Homotypy
Homotypy Ho"mo*ty`py, n. [See Homotype.] (Biol.) A term suggested by Haeckel to be instead of serial homology. See Homotype.

Meaning of Homotypy from wikipedia

- longer in use, for Müllerian mimicry included "homotypy", "nondeceitful homotypy" and "arithmetic homotypy". Müllerian mimicry relies on aposematism, or...
- the segments of the same organism." Ernst Haeckel preferred the term "homotypy" for the same phenomenon. classical examples of serial homologies are the...