Polymorphism vs Mutation - What's the difference?
polymorphism | mutation |
The ability to assume different forms or shapes.
(biology) 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.
(computer science) The feature of object-oriented programming pertaining to the dynamic treatment of data elements based on their type, allowing for an instance of a method to have several definitions. (en)
(mathematics, type theory) The property of certain typed formal systems of allowing for the use of type variables and binders/quantifiers over those type variables; likewise, the property of certain expressions (within such typed formal systems) of making use of at least one such typed variable.
(crystallography) The ability of a solid material to exist in more than one form or crystal structure; pleomorphism.
(genetics) The regular existence of two or more different genotypes within a given species or population; also, variability of amino acid sequences within a gene's protein.
* 1999 , (Matt Ridley), Genome , Harper Perennial 2004, p. 137:
* 2004 , (Richard Dawkins), The Ancestor's Tale , Phoenix 2005, p. 63:
Any alteration or change.
(genetics) Any heritable change of the base-pair sequence of genetic material.
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(linguistics) An alteration a particular sound of a word, especially the initial consonant, which is triggered by the word's morphological or syntactic context and not by its phonological context.
(rare) A (collective noun) for a collection of thrushes.
* 1984 , Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries, Virginia Wildlife , volume 45:
* 2010 , Doug Bennet, Tim Tiner, The Complete Up North: A Guide to Ontario's Wilderness from Black Flies to the Northern Lights , page 57:
* 2013 , Jason Sacher, A Compendium of Collective Nouns: From an Armory of Aardvarks to a Zeal of Zebras , page 196:
As nouns the difference between polymorphism and mutation
is that polymorphism is the ability to assume different forms or shapes while mutation is mutation.polymorphism
English
(wikipedia polymorphism)Noun
- Since 1990 they have found an entirely new role: they promise understanding of how and why our genes are all so different. They hold the key to human polymorphism .
- Some polymorphisms can be quite stable – so stable that they span the change from an ancestral to a descendant species.
Derived terms
(Derived terms) * ad-hoc polymorphism * inclusion polymorphism * parametric polymorphism * subtype polymorphismSee also
* RFLP * riflip English words suffixed with -ismmutation
English
(wikipedia mutation)Alternative forms
* (abbreviation)Noun
(en noun)David Van Tassel], [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/lee-dehaan Lee DeHaan
Wild Plants to the Rescue, volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.
- Birdwatchers would enjoy a host of sparrows, a herd of swans, a descent of woodpeckers, a herd of wrens, and mutation of thrushes.
- Names for a group: A flute or mutation of thrushes.
- A Mutation of Thrushes
The authors of the books of venery were not predicting Darwin with this term, but taking a cue from a common fable of the time.
