diphenism

English

Noun

diphenism (uncountable)

1. The presence of two distinct phenotypes in a population
   • 2015 July 30, “Multiple Convergent Origins of Workerlessness and Inbreeding in the Socially Parasitic Ant Genus Myrmoxenus”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     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.

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• diphenic