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Genetic polymorphism

Definition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymorphism_%28biology%29#Genetic_polymorphism)

Genetic polymorphism is the simultaneous occurrence in the same locality of two or more discontinuous forms in such proportions that the rarest of them cannot be maintained just by recurrent mutation or immigration. (Wikipedia)

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29-May-2013

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