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单词 polyphenism
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Definition of polyphenism in English:

polyphenism

noun ˌpɒlɪˈfiːnɪz(ə)m
Genetics
  • The capacity of a genotype to produce two or more distinct phenotypes in response to an environmental factor such as temperature, photoperiod, or nutrition. As a count noun: an instance of this; of the any of the phenotypes expressed.

Origin

1960s; earliest use found in Ernst Mayr (1904–2005), evolutionary biologist. From poly- + phen- + -ism.

 
 

Definition of polyphenism in US English:

polyphenism

nounˌpɒlɪˈfiːnɪz(ə)m
Genetics
  • The capacity of a genotype to produce two or more distinct phenotypes in response to an environmental factor such as temperature, photoperiod, or nutrition. As a count noun: an instance of this; of the any of the phenotypes expressed.

Origin

1960s; earliest use found in Ernst Mayr (1904–2005), evolutionary biologist. From poly- + phen- + -ism.

 
 
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