Polymorphism
//pɑliˈmɔɹfɪz(ə)m//
"Polymorphism" in a Sentence (2 examples)
Since 1990 they have found an entirely new role: they promise understanding of how and why our genes are all so different. They hold the key to human polymorphism.
Some polymorphisms can be quite stable – so stable that they span the change from an ancestral to a descendant species.
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