polymorphic

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T. cristinae is polymorphic in regard to its body color and pattern.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2024

The genes that code for each opsin has seven sites in the gene that are polymorphic: They can have different letters of DNA.

From Scientific American • Nov. 1, 2022

A March 2022 study found that the human eye couldn’t tell male polymorphic wood tiger moth genotypes apart — but moth vision models with ultraviolet light sensitivity could.

From The Verge • Apr. 20, 2022

The point is not the actual polymorphic algorithms he might be using to avoid detection, but rather what the scene does mean about his character and to the story.

From Slate • Oct. 17, 2019

There is one point connected with individual differences which is extremely perplexing: I refer to those genera which have been called "protean" or "polymorphic," in which species present an inordinate amount of variation.

From The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Darwin, Charles