Genetic polymorphism

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-002818",
  "term": "Genetic polymorphism",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The regular and simultaneous occurrence in a single interbreeding population of two or more discontinuous genotypes. The concept includes differences in genotypes ranging in size from a single nucleotide site (polymorphism, single nucleotide) to large nucleotide sequences visible at a chromosomal level.",
  "synonyms": [
    "polymorphism (genetics)"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "population genetics",
    "mutation",
    "genetic variation",
    "enzyme polymorphism",
    "biochemical polymorphism",
    "polyphenism",
    "genetic similarity",
    "genetic instability",
    "inversion polymorphism",
    "restriction fragment length polymorphism",
    "single nucleotide polymorphism",
    "single-stranded conformational polymorphism"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2012",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "polimorfismo genético"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/genetic-polymorphism/"
}