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Polyphenism vs Polyphenic - What's the difference?

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Polyphenism is a related term of polyphenic.


In genetics|lang=en terms the difference between polyphenism and polyphenic

is that polyphenism is (genetics) the development of multiple, discrete phenotypes from a single genotype by organisms living in different environmental conditions while polyphenic is (genetics) having multiple phenotypes that can arise as a result of differing environmental conditions.

As a noun polyphenism

is (genetics) the development of multiple, discrete phenotypes from a single genotype by organisms living in different environmental conditions.

As an adjective polyphenic is

(genetics) having multiple phenotypes that can arise as a result of differing environmental conditions.

polyphenism

English

Noun

(wikipedia polyphenism) (-)
  • (genetics) The development of multiple, discrete phenotypes from a single genotype by organisms living in different environmental conditions

    • polyphenic

    English

    Adjective

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  • (genetics) Having multiple phenotypes that can arise as a result of differing environmental conditions.
  • *{{quote-journal, 2009, date=February 6, J. Mark Rowland & Douglas J. Emlen, Two Thresholds, Three Male Forms Result in Facultative Male Trimorphism in Beetles, Science citation
    • , passage=Both types of threshold mechanism have been shown to couple horn growth with nutrition in scarab beetles and are considered facultative (polyphenic ) regulatory processes, and preliminary evidence suggested that they might sometimes both be present in the same species. }}

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    *polyphenism