In biology, polymorphism is the occurrence of two or more clearly different morphs or forms, also referred to as alternative phenotypes, in the population...

Look up polymorphism, polymorph, polymorphic, polymorphous, or polymorphy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Polymorphism, polymorphic, polymorph, polymorphous...

type theory, polymorphism is the use of one symbol to represent multiple different types. In object-oriented programming, polymorphism is the provision...

strand conformation polymorphism analysis. A polymorphism can be any sequence difference. Examples include: Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are a single...

In biology, polymorphism is the occurrence of two or more clearly different forms or phenotypes in a population of a species. Different types of polymorphism...

C1236T polymorphism changes a GGC codon to GGT at amino acid position 412 of the polypeptide (both encode glycine) and the C3435T polymorphism changes...

biology, restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) is a technique that exploits variations in homologous DNA sequences, known as polymorphisms,...

product of both genetics and environmental factors. An example of sexual polymorphism determined by environmental conditions exists in the red-backed fairywren...

species, the species is called polymorphic. A well-documented example of polymorphism is Labrador Retriever coloring; while the coat color depends on many...

balanced genetic polymorphism and not, as originally supposed, a case of nascent sympatric speciation. The selection maintaining the polymorphism maximises the...

In population genetics, a protected polymorphism is a mechanism that maintains multiple alleles at a certain locus. In detail, any of the several alleles...

Biology portal Breed Cultivar in botany Ecotype Form (botany) Form (zoology) Glossary of scientific naming Landrace Phenotype Polymorphism (biology)...

Many types of polymorphism can be seen in the insect order Lepidoptera. Polymorphism is the appearance of forms or "morphs" differing in color and number...

more technical example to illustrate genotype is the single-nucleotide polymorphism or SNP. A SNP occurs when corresponding sequences of DNA from different...

by parasitic nematode worms of the genus Mermis. Mermithergate Polymorphism (biology) Csősz, S.; Majoros, G. (2009-02-01). "Ontogenetic origin of mermithogenic...

In biology, taxonomy (from Ancient Greek τάξις (taxis) 'arrangement' and -νομία (-nomia) 'method') is the scientific study of naming, defining (circumscribing)...

In evolutionary biology, mimicry is an evolved resemblance between an organism and another object, often an organism of another species. Mimicry may evolve...

Ford E.B. 1940. Polymorphism and taxonomy. In Huxley J. The new systematics. Oxford University Press. Ford E.B. 1965. Genetic polymorphism. All Souls Studies...

Sequence Length Polymorphisms (SSLPs) are used as genetic markers with polymerase chain reaction (PCR). An SSLP is a type of polymorphism: a difference...

"Phylogeography of red deer (Cervus elaphus): Analysis of MtDNA cytochrome b polymorphism" Biology Bulletin Vol. 39, No. 4 (July 2012), pp 323-330 doi:10.1134/S1062359012040048...

Ecophenotypic variation ("ecophenotype") refers to phenotypical variation as a function of life station. In wide-ranging species, the contributions of...

Evolutionary biology is the subfield of biology that studies the evolutionary processes (natural selection, common descent, speciation) that produced the...

polymorphism is found on their ventral side. It allows for less common coloration to be favored since it will be recognized the least. Polymorphism is...

biologists for explanation. Most posit balancing selection (see polymorphism (biology)), which is any natural selection process whereby no single allele...

The term poecilogony was coined by Alfred Mathieu Giard to describe a polymorphism in larval development in marine invertebrates. To date, this life history...

parts according to its wavelength: a form of dichroism A form of polymorphism (biology), typical in sexual dimorphism, in which two phenotypes have different...

phylogenetics – phylogeny – phylogenetic tree – Pikaia – Plant evolution – polymorphism (biology) – population – population bottleneck – population dynamics – population...

(2009). "Aggressive use of Batesian mimicry by an ant-like jumping spider". Biology Letters. 5 (6): 755–757. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2009.0355. PMC 2827978. PMID 19570776...

coined the phrase "survival of the fittest" in his 1864 work Principles of Biology to characterise what Charles Darwin had called natural selection. The British-Indian...

In evolutionary biology, mimicry in plants is where a plant evolves to resemble another organism physically or chemically. Mimicry in plants has been...