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In chemistry, homology is the appearance of homologues. A homologue is a compound belonging to a series of compounds differing from each other by a repeating unit, such as a methylene bridge −CH2−, a peptide residue, etc.

A homolog is a special case of an analog. Examples are alkanes and compounds with alkyl side chains of different length.

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