polymorphism
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The researchers found that the anemones' color variation, or polymorphism, is controlled by different versions of a single fluorescent protein gene.
From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2024
That third method, used in genealogical testing, is called single nucleotide polymorphism, and it looks at thousands of binding sites in DNA compared to the 25 to 30 sites an STR analyzes.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2023
If you were to look at sickle cell anemia, a disorder affecting hemoglobin produced in red blood cells, which technique would be the most useful in detecting polymorphism in a sample?
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Some people have a polymorphism that instructs their body to create two of the same enzyme instead of just one.
From Salon • Oct. 10, 2021
The Malayan Papilionidæ exhibit some very curious instances of polymorphism, some of which have been recorded as varieties, others as distinct species; and they all occur in the female sex.
From Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays by Wallace, Alfred Russel
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
