A striped racer, also known as the California whipsnake, is a species of non-venomous snake native to the coast and foothills of California. It is a long, slender, and fast-moving snake, identified by its distinctive stripes running down the length of its body. They primarily feed on lizards and small rodents. The scientific name for this species is Masticophis lateralis.
Homogeny
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The correspondence of common descent; -- a term used tosupersede homology by Lankester, who also used homoplasy to denoteany superinduced correspondence of position and structure in partsembryonically distinct (other writers using the term homoplasmy).Thus, there is homogeny between the fore limb of a mammal and thewing of a bird; but the right and left ventricles of the heart inboth are only in homoplasy with each other, these having arisenindependently since the divergence of both groups from auniventricular ancestor.
Homogeny meaning & definition 1 of Homogeny.
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Similarity due to common descent.
Homogeny meaning & definition 2 of Homogeny.
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