Meanings
noundiphenism (uncountable)
- uncountableThe presence of two distinct phenotypes in a population
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Though recent studies have revealed a more or less pronounced influence of genotype on caste differentiation, whether a female larva grows into a worker or a queen is typically controlled by the environment, making caste diphenism one of the most conspicuous and abundant cases of phenotypic plasticity.
2015 July 30, “Multiple Convergent Origins of Workerlessness and Inbreeding in the Socially Parasitic Ant Genus Myrmoxenus”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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