Existing in multiple forms or having numerous morphologic types.
The occurrence together of two or more distinct forms in the same population.
The property of a chemical substance crystallizing (or simply existing) in two or more forms having different structures. For example, diamond and graphite are two different structures (manifestations) of the element carbon. Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a polymorphic compound because the polymer can take on different forms.
Two or more kind of individuals in a breeding population where the rarer type is maintained by some mechanism other than recurrent mutation.
A condition in which a chromosome or a genetic character occurs in more than one form, resulting in the coexistence of more than one morphological type in the same population.
The property of crystallizing into two or more different forms.
A modification in the sequence of base pairs within DNA, which can be either linked or not linked to a disease, is referred to as a genetic mutation.