1) Consistency 1) Similarity 
• (n.) The correspondence of common descent; -- a term used to supersede homology by Lankester, who also used homoplasy to denote any superinduced correspondence of position and structure in parts embryonically distinct (other writers using the term homoplasmy). Thus, there is homogeny between the fore limb of a mammal and the wing of a bird; ...
1. Joint nature. ... 2. <biology> The correspondence of common descent; a term used to supersede homology by Lankester, who also used homoplasy to denote any superinduced correspondence of position and structure in parts embryonically distinct (other writers using the term homoplasmy). Thus, there is homogeny between the fore limb of a mammal...
Ho·mog'e·ny noun [ Greek ...; ... the same + ... race, kind.] 1. Joint nature. [ Obsolete] Bacon. 2. (Biol.) The correspondence of common descent; -- a term used to supersede homology by Lankester, who also used homoplasy to denote any superinduced corresp...
Type: Term Pronunciation: hō-moj′ĕ-nē Synonyms: homogenesis
[n] - (biology) similarity because of common evolution
homogeny A similarity in individuals, organs, or parts caused by a common ancestry.
noun (biology) similarity because of common evolution
correspondence in form or structure, owing to a common origin.