polymorphism
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The researchers found gene variants that link colour polymorphism and potential adaptations to cold environment.
From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 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 a known polymorphism is detected, they can alter the dose or avoid certain drugs altogether if they don't work as well as they should or are more likely to cause side effects.
From Salon • Oct. 10, 2021
One factor wasn’t associated with gum disease at all: genetic polymorphism.
From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2021
We have reproduced De Bary’s life-history of this mould here, as an illustration of structure in the Mucedines, but hereafter we shall have to write of similar transformations when treating of polymorphism.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
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