Fan Creation:Ability homology

Ability homology
Ted and Meredith both can generate heat, but use different abilities to do so.

In biology, structures that are anatomically different yet have similar functions are said to be homologous. A similar phenomenon can be seen in the effects of some evolved human abilities.

The following table lists effects that have been shared by different abilities.

Effect	Ability	Notes
Acquire another's ability	Aura absorption	Users acquire abilities by killing the target and taking the victim's aura.
	Power absorption	Arthur Petrelli can take the abilities of other evolved humans by touching them.
	Empathic mimicry	User acquires abilities by being near other evolved humans.
	Intuitive aptitude	Allows the user to acquire an ability by studying the brain of another.
Alter the perceptions of others	Appearance alteration	Connie could make one person look like another person by shaping their face.
	Dream manipulation	While someone is in the dream state, Sanjog can alter a persons dream and conjure images of past events in them.
	Illusion	Users can make others perceive whatever the user wants them to perceive.
	Telepathy	Maury can make people see things that aren't there and can trap people in vivid nightmares.
Enhance one's own strength	Enhanced strength	Users can exert a large amount of force.
	Mohinder's ability	Mohinder crushes a gun with one hand. (The Second Coming)
	Telekinesis	Sylar punches through a cab window with his fist (Seven Minutes to Midnight) and is able to wield a parking meter as a weapon. (How to Stop an Exploding Man)
Force another to do one's will
	Persuasion	With a spoken command, users of this ability can influence the actions of others.
	Puppet master	Eric Doyle can force his victim's body to do what he wishes, in spite of the conscious objections of the victim.
	Telepathy	Matt discovered that he can implant a thought into someone else's mind, altering their actions. (Cautionary Tales)
	Telekinesis	Sylar forced Audrey to point her gun at her own head using his power. (One Giant Leap)
Generate heat or flame	Induced radioactivity	Heat is a form of radiation, and has been released by the use of this ability. Radiation generated by this ability has ignited objects.
	Laser emission	Lasers can produce heat.
	Lightning	Elle has used the electrical arcs generated to weld a lock inoperable, which requires heat. She has also charred flesh, set a cup on fire, lit candles, and ignited Peter's shirt.
	Pyrokinesis	This is the ability to create flames.
Heal another's injuries	Healing	Linderman can heal the injuries of others by touch.
	Rapid cellular regeneration	When injured people receive the blood of an individual with this ability, their injuries are healed.
Lift one's self from the ground	Flight	Users lift off of the ground and go where they please.
	Telekinesis	Sylar has used the ability to go vertically (One Giant Leap, Road Kill) and to make no footsteps. (Unexpected)
	Electromagnetism	An agent with this ability who works for Matt in a possible future can levitate above the ground. (Walls)
Manipulate technology	Technopathy	Micah can touch pieces of technology and make them do what he wishes.
	Electronic communication	Hana Gitelman could generate electronic signals with her mind to communicate with computer systems and hack them.
Manipulate vegetation	Healing	Linderman once revived a dying flower using this ability. (.07%)
	Plant growth	Au Co could make plants grow at a rate much faster than normal.
	Plant manipulation	Brendan Lewis could make vegetation grow around him.
Move objects remotely	Puppet master	The bodies of Eric Doyle's victims move the way he wishes without Eric having to touch them.
	Gravitational manipulation	The vortexes created by Stephen Canfield pull objects into them.
	Levitation	Abu Aswan's ancestor lifted a pyramid block from the ground without touching it.
	Magnetism	The German could move metal objects without touching them.
	Telekinesis	Users can move multiple objects of any composition without touching them.
Move quickly to another location	Flight	Users can propel themselves through the air.
	Super speed	Allows user to cover vast distances in a short amount of time
	Space-time manipulation	User can either teleport or stop time and physically move to another location.
Release electrical arcs	Electrical absorption	After absorbing electricity, a patient in a hospital can release electrical arcs.
	Electromagnetism	An agent with this ability who works for Matt in a possible future can release electrical arcs.
	Lightning	Users of this ability can release electrical arcs.
Resistance to physical injury	Impenetrable skin	Baron Samedi supposedly cannot be harmed physically.
	Rapid cell regeneration	Users with this ability heal their injuries almost instantaneously.
	Telekinesis	Sylar resisted the bullets that Matt Parkman fired at him and was able to rise to his feat unharmed. (One Giant Leap)
See glimpses of the future	Precognition	Users see glimpses of the future in trances generated by this ability.
	Precognitive dreaming	Dreams generated by the use of this ability conjure figurative representations of future events.
	Space-time manipulation	Users can physically go to the future and see the events that will happen.
See glimpses of the past	Clairsentience	Users see glimpses of the past events pertaining to an object when touching said object.
	Space-time manipulation	Users can physically go to the past and see the events that happened.
Survive toxic environments	Lung adaptation	Bianca could stay under water for hours without breathing and could breath through toxic gases
	Rapid cellular regeneration	Adam survived imprisonment and oxygen deprivation in a coffin underground