Paralogy

Paralogy

Paralogy, depending on context, may refer to:

* Paralogy (genetics) - see Homology (biology)

* Paralogy (postmodernism) - see Jean-François Lyotard - in this context, paralogy means the movement against an established way of reasoning


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