polymorphism
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1. (biology) the existence of two or more forms of individuals within the same animal species (independent of sex differences) (noun.phenomenon)
| hypernym | : | organic phenomenon, |
| definition | : | (biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals (noun.phenomenon) |
| hyponym | : | dimorphism, |
| definition | : | (biology) the existence of two forms of individual within the same animal species (independent of sex differences) (noun.phenomenon) |
2. (chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound (noun.phenomenon)
| hypernym | : | chemical phenomenon, |
| definition | : | any natural phenomenon involving chemistry (as changes to atoms or molecules) (noun.phenomenon) |
| hyponym | : | dimorphism, |
| definition | : | (chemistry) the property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms (noun.phenomenon) |
| domain category | : | chemical science, chemistry, |
| definition | : | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions (noun.cognition) |
3. (genetics) the genetic variation within a population that natural selection can operate on (noun.phenomenon)
| hypernym | : | organic phenomenon, |
| definition | : | (biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals (noun.phenomenon) |
| hyponym | : | single nucleotide polymorphism, snp, |
| definition | : | (genetics) genetic variation in a DNA sequence that occurs when a single nucleotide in a genome is altered; SNPs are usually considered to be point mutations that have been evolutionarily successful enough to recur in a significant proportion of the population of a species (noun.phenomenon) |
| domain category | : | genetic science, genetics, |
| definition | : | the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms (noun.cognition) |
4. (biology) the existence of two or more forms of individuals within the same animal species (independent of sex differences) (noun.phenomenon)
| derivation | : | polymorphic, polymorphous, |
| definition | : | relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population (adj.pert) |
5. (chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound (noun.phenomenon)
| derivation | : | pleomorphic, |
| definition | : | relating to or characterized by pleomorphism (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | polymorphic, polymorphous, |
| definition | : | relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms (adj.pert) |
6. (biology) the existence of two or more forms of individuals within the same animal species (independent of sex differences) (noun.phenomenon)
| derivation | : | polymorphic, polymorphous, |
| definition | : | relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population (adj.pert) |
7. (chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound (noun.phenomenon)
| derivation | : | pleomorphic, |
| definition | : | relating to or characterized by pleomorphism (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | polymorphic, polymorphous, |
| definition | : | relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms (adj.pert) |
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