polymorphism

pol•y•mor•phism n.

Biology, Geneticsthe state or condition of being polymorphous.
Crystallographycrystallization into two or more chemically identical but crystallographically distinct forms.
Genetics, Biology, Developmental Biology[Biol.]the existence of an organism in several form or color varieties.
Genetics, Developmental Biologythe presence of two or more distinct phenotypes in a population due to the expression of different alleles of a given gene, as human blood groups O, A, B, and AB.

pol′y•mor•phis′tic, adj.

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polymorphism /ˌpɒlɪˈmɔːfɪzəm/ n

the occurrence of more than one form of individual in a single species within an interbreeding population
the existence or formation of different types of crystal of the same chemical compound

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