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polymorphism

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Same as Pleomorphism.

The capability of assuming different forms; the capability of widely varying in form.

Existence in many forms; the coexistence, in the same locality, of two or more distinct forms independent of sex, not connected by intermediate gradations, but produced from common parents.

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AmpFLP main Another technique, AmpFLP, or amplified fragment length polymorphism was also put into practice during the early 1990s. Source: Internet

An example is a specific single nucleotide polymorphism in the CD14 region and exposure to endotoxin (a bacterial product). Source: Internet

In humans, a common polymorphism involves the substitution of an arginine for a proline at codon position 72. Many studies have investigated a genetic link between this variation and cancer susceptibility; however, the results have been controversial. Source: Internet

But more importantly blocks allow control structure to be expressed using messages and polymorphism, since blocks defer computation and polymorphism can be used to select alternatives. Source: Internet

A great many operation overloads, data type by data type, can have the same effect at compile-time as any degree of inheritance or other means to achieve polymorphism. Source: Internet

By 1912, Ostwald noted that the allotropy of elements is just a special case of the phenomenon of polymorphism known for compounds, and proposed that the terms allotrope and allotropy be abandoned and replaced by polymorph and polymorphism. Source: Internet

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