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Homoplastic

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adjective
(1) (evolutionary biology) Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or exhibiting homoplasy
(2) (medicine) Of, or pertaining to the transplantation of tissue, organ, or parts derived from an individual to another of the same species; allogeneic
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