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adaptive polymorphism

Scope: evolution

Papers: 4 | Mentions: 4

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Definition

Genetic variation maintained in populations by natural selection where different alleles are favored under different conditions

Related Terms (3)

shared ancestral polymorphismspolymorphismallelic variants

Publications (4)

Genetic basis of an adaptive polymorphism controlling butterfly silver iridescence

2025Current Biologycentral

Biofluorescence in Polymorphic Tiger Salamanders ( Ambystoma mavortium nebulosum)

Genes Suggest Ancestral Colour Polymorphisms Are Shared across Morphologically Cryptic Species in Arctic Bumblebees

2015PLoS Onecentral

A genetic polymorphism evolving in parallel in two cell compartments and in two clades

2013BMC Evolutionary Biologycentral

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