How to Use polymorphism in a Sentence

polymorphism

noun

• Some people have a polymorphism that instructs their body to create two of the same enzyme instead of just one.
  — C. Michael White, The Conversation, 4 Oct. 2021
• We’re made to believe Jack-Jack’s power is polymorphism.
  — Shannon Liao, The Verge, 16 June 2018
• The campaign uses a technique called polymorphism to blast out hundreds of thousands of unique samples.
  — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 10 Dec. 2020
• Some of us have a polymorphism, a genetic variant that slows our metabolism for caffeine.
  — Dawn MacKeen, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2020
• Each variant has a version (more precisely, one of the alleles in a single nucleotide polymorphism) associated with a small boost to the trait in question.
  — Charles Murray, WSJ, 27 Jan. 2020
• These sites are called single nucleotide polymorphisms — a.k.a.
  — Brian Resnick, Vox, 27 Oct. 2018
• This polymorphism is characterized by a derived allele that is present at a high frequency in East Asian populations, but is absent in other population groups.
  — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 5 Mar. 2010
• The genetic differences picked out are often things called single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), which are places in the genome where a lone pair of bases, the chemical letters in which genetic messages are written, can vary between individuals.
  — The Economist, 28 June 2018
• Abnormal changes in these base pairs, called single nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs, might be the root causes of most noninfectious human diseases, including cancer, diabetes, and cystic fibrosis.
  — Brian Alexander, WIRED, 1 June 2000
• Using about 50 different variations — single-nucleotide polymorphisms (otherwise known as SNPs) — researchers created a risk score.
  — Aaron E. Carroll, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2016
• This technique relies on datasets that compare single nucleotide polymorphisms—differences in DNA nucleotides that act as biological markers among individuals.
  — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 14 June 2017
• My proposals on mutation strategies...—see also Amos...—lead to rather precise insights on compensatory mutations or polymorphism propagation, yet they are largely ignored by population geneticists.
  — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 20 Sep. 2010

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