Biology
- Polymorphism (biology), including:
- having multiple phenotypes within a population; the switch that determines which phenotype an individual displays can be genetic or environmental
- includes Sexual dimorphism, differences in the physiology of a species based only on sex
- having multiple alleles of a gene within a population, usually expressing different phenotypes
- having multiple phenotypes within a population; the switch that determines which phenotype an individual displays can be genetic or environmental
- Lipid polymorphism, the property of amphiphiles that gives rise to various aggregations of lipids
- Nuclear dimorphism, when a cell's nuclear apparatus is composed of two structurally and functionally differentiated types of nuclei
- Frond dimorphism, differing forms of fern fronds between the sterile and fertile fronds
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