This question should be answered with a written narrative no

This question should be answered with a written narrative, not bullet points or a telegraphic style. This should be an essay. Explain the distinction between similarity and homology in the context of explanations for the similarity of protein or DNA sequences

Solution

The similarity in the protein or DNA sequences is the degree of resemblance two sequences compared.

Homology is the existence of shared ancestor between the given sequences. The homologous sequences are identified based on the percentage of similarity between the DNA and protein sequences. Homology can be simply said as the sum of sequence similarity and identity.