Diergism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Diergism is a noun meaning (biology) The existence, in a single species, of two distinct ways of a structure or organ functioning.
Meaning
(biology) The existence, in a single species, of two distinct ways of a structure or organ functioning.
Example Sentences
Similarly‚ there is sexual diergism of GH secretion between men and women indicating phylogenetic conservation of neuroendocrine hormone rhythms.
In conclusion, the MeAV shows functional diergism, due to plastic changes in the female rat brain probably linked to the increase of estradiol during estrous.
Feeding diergism is not unprecedented in snakes (Zinner 1984, Tsairi & BOuskILa 2004) and, especially in view of the FMR in size, could conceivably occur and cause broader black rings in female Micrelaps muelleri.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dimorphism, diamorphism, dichotomy, dioecism, differentia, digenesis.
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