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Ability homology
Adam gives Nathan some of his blood, healing him of his wounds almost instantly.

In biology, structures that are anatomically different yet accomplish similar tasks are said to be homologous. A similar phenomenon can be seen in some evolved human abilities

Homologous Abilities

The following table lists tasks abilities can accomplish and the abilities that can perform them.

Task	Ability	Notes
Alter the perceptions of others	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 people 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.
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.
	Lightning	Elle has used the electrical arcs generated to weld a lock inoperable, which requires heat. She has also charred flesh and ignited Peter's shirt.
	Pyrokinesis	This is the ability to create flames.
Force another to do one's will	Eric's ability	Eric Doyle can force his victim's body to do what he wishes, in spite of the conscious objections of the victim.
	Persuasion	With a spoken command, users of this ability can influence the actions of others.
	Telepathy	Matt discovered that he can implant a thought into someone else's mind, altering their actions. (Cautionary Tales)
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 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	Eric's ability	The bodys of Eric Doyle's victims move the way he wishes without Eric having to touch 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.
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.
See glimpses of the future	Precognition	Trances are glimpses of the future.
	Precognitive dreaming	Dreams generate conjure figurative representations of future events.
	Space-time manipulation	Users can physically go to the future and see it.

Gallery

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  Sylar stands in darkness...
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  ...and uses telekinesis to escape upward...
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  ...puzzling Matt as he looks to the sky.
  (One Giant Leap)