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polymorphism

 [pol″e-mor´fizm]
the ability to exist in several different forms.
balanced polymorphism an equilibrium mixture of homozygotes and heterozygotes maintained by natural selection against both homozygotes.
genetic polymorphism the occurrence together in the same population of two or more genetically determined phenotypes in such proportions that the rarest of them cannot be maintained merely by recurrent mutation.
single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) a genetic polymorphism between two genomes that is based on deletion, insertion, or exchange of a single nucleotide.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

pol·y·mor·phism

(pol'ē-mōr'fizm),
Occurrence in more than one form; existence in the same species or other natural group of more than one morphologic type.
Synonym(s): pleomorphism
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polymorphism

(pŏl′ē-môr′fĭz′əm)
n.
1. Biology The occurrence of more than one form, as several alleles of a particular gene or winged and wingless forms of the same species.
2. Chemistry Crystallization of a compound in at least two distinct forms. Also called pleomorphism.

pol′y·mor′phic, pol′y·mor′phous adj.
pol′y·mor′phous·ly adv.
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pol·y·mor·phism

(pol'ē-mōr'fizm)
Occurrence in more than one form; existence in the same species or other natural group of more than one morphologic type.
Synonym(s): pleomorphism.
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polymorphism

1. Occurring in many different shapes.
2. In genetics, the existence of different ALLELES of the same gene in different genomes. See also RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM.
Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

polymorphism

see a GENETIC POLYMORPHISM.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005

pol·y·mor·phism

(pol'ē-mōr'fizm)
Occurrence in more than one form; existence in same species or other natural group of more than one morphologic type.
Synonym(s): pleomorphism.
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However, a call graph does not represent important object-oriented concepts such as inheritance, polymorphism and dynamic binding.
--It distinguishes data members for different objects and represents the effects of polymorphism and dynamic binding.
Dynamic binding or semidynamic binding, however, does satisfy these requirements because it naturally allows different handlers to be used based on run-time conditions.
For instance, dynamic binding is commonly used to allow developers to subclass and customize existing interfaces.
These IEX membranes have a dynamic binding capacity of 20-30 mg of oligonucleotide per ml of membrane depending on the nature of oligonucleotide compared to 7 mg/ml with RPC media.
Dynamic binding means the method that implements an operation is unknown until run time.
These include the inheritance, aggregation, association, template class instantiation, class nesting, dynamic object creation, member function invocation, polymorphism, and dynamic binding relationships.
In addition to some minor performance considerations, dynamic binding adds considerable complexity to reusability, and plays havoc with test coverage [15].
Dynamic binding is the ability of an operation to perform differently according to the actual type of the value a polymorphic variable is holding.
Five general concepts will be discussed in ths section: objects, clases, inheritance, polymorphism, and dynamic binding. The first three concepts appear in high-level design and analysis.
the declared type of e immediately tells you which version of handle is meant (while leaving the desirable ambiguity provided by dynamic binding).
From simple associations to systematic reasoning: a connectionist representation of rules, variables and dynamic bindings using temporal synchrony.
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