Congener may refer to:
* A thing or person of the same kind as another, or of the same group.
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Congener (biology)
Biological specificity is the tendency of a characteristic such as a behavior or a biochemical variation to occur in a particular species.
Biochemist Linus Pauling stated that "Biological specificity is the set of characteristics of living organi ...
, organisms within the same genus.
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Congener (chemistry)
In chemistry, congeners are chemical substances "related to each other by origin, structure, or function".
Common origin and structure
Any significant quantity of a polyhalogenated compound is by default a blend of multiple molecule types because ...
, related chemicals, e.g., elements in the same group of the periodic table.
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Congener (beverages), a substance other than ethanol produced during the fermentation of alcoholic beverages.
Species
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Agabus congener'', a beetle in the family Dytiscidae.
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Amata congener'', a moth in the family Erebidae.
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Amyema congener
'' Amyema congener'', commonly known as the variable mistletoe, is a species of flowering plant, an epiphytic hemiparasitic plant of the family Loranthaceae from eastern Australia. It is found on members of the genera ''Allocasuarina'', ''Acaci ...
'', a flowering plant in the family Loranthaceae.
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Arthroplea congener'', a mayfly in the family Arthropleidae.
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Elaphropus congener'', a ground beetle in the family Carabidae.
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Gemmula congener'', a sea snail in the family Turridae.
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Heterachthes congener'', a beetle in the family Cerambycidae.
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Lestes congener'', a damselfly in the family Lestidae.
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Megacyllene congener'', a beetle in the family Cerambycidae.
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Potamarcha congener
''Potamarcha congener'' is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It was first described by Jules Pierre Rambur in 1842, almost fifty years before Friedrich Karsch described its genus. ''Potamarcha congener'' is one of two species mak ...
'', a dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.
See also
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Congenic
In genetics, two organisms that differ in only one locus and a linked segment of chromosome are defined as congenic. Similarly, organisms that are coisogenic differ in one locus only and not in the surrounding chromosome. Unlike congenic organism ...
, in genetics
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PCB congener list
This is a complete list of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners.
PCB congener list
Explanation of PCB "descriptors"
Congener descriptors give a shorthand notation for geometry and substituent positions. The twelve congeners that display a ...
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