polymorphism

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A G-to-C SNP at p53 codon 72 results in an Arg / Pro polymorphism, which is associated with apoptosis induction potential and p53 mutation status.

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  1. noun Biology The occurrence of different forms, stages, or types in individual organisms or in organisms of the same species, independent of sexual variations.
  2. noun Chemistry Crystallization of a compound in at least two distinct forms. Also called pleomorphism.

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  • Severi G, Eggleton SA, Padilla EJ, Southey MC, et al. (2005) The E211 G > A androgen receptor polymorphism is associated with a decreased risk of metastatic prostate cancer and androgenetic alopecia. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • A G-to-C SNP at p53 codon 72 results in an Arg / Pro polymorphism, which is associated with apoptosis induction potential and p53 mutation status. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • The MDM2 SNP309 G / G polymorphism was associated with poor OS in advanced OSCC, and the OS and DSF of irradiated patients. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • The combination of MDM2 SNP309 G / G and p53 codon 72 Arg / Arg polymorphism is associated with the worst OS and DFS. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • It uses a technique called polymorphism, a mechanism that can use compression and encryption to make the code appear different to antivirus software and more difficult to detect. —  Infoworld News
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  1. = French polymorphisme; as polymorph-ous + -ism.
 

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/pɑlɪˈmɔrfɪzm/
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