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Meaning of "neomorph" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NEOMORPH

neomorph  [ˈniːəʊˌmɔːf] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NEOMORPH

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Neomorph is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NEOMORPH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Muller's morphs

1946 Nobel Prize winner Hermann J. Muller coined the terms amorph, hypomorph, hypermorph, antimorph and neomorph to classify mutations based on their behaviour in various genetic situations. These classifications are still widely used in Drosophila genetics to describe mutations. For a more general description of mutations, see mutation, and for a discussion of allele interactions, see dominance relationship. Key: In the following sections, alleles are referred to as +=wildtype, m=mutant, Df=gene deletion, Dp=gene duplication. Phenotypes are compared with '>', meaning 'phenotype is more severe than'...

Definition of neomorph in the English dictionary

The definition of neomorph in the dictionary is an anatomical feature not derived from a feature found in an ancestor, but instead a new development. Other definition of neomorph is a mutant gene with a different function from its non-mutant equivalent.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NEOMORPH


allomorph
ˈæləˌmɔːf
anthropomorph
ˈænθrəpəˌmɔːf
biomorph
ˈbaɪəʊˌmɔːf
ectomorph
ˈɛktəʊˌmɔːf
endomorph
ˈɛndəʊˌmɔːf
ergatandromorph
ˌɜːɡəˈtændrəˌmɔːf
gynandromorph
dʒɪˈnændrəʊˌmɔːf
homeomorph
ˈhɒmɪəˌmɔːf
hystricomorph
hɪˈstraɪkəʊˌmɔːf
isomorph
ˈaɪsəʊˌmɔːf
lagomorph
ˈlæɡəʊˌmɔːf
mesomorph
ˈmɛsəʊˌmɔːf
ornithomorph
ˈɔːnɪθəʊˌmɔːf
perimorph
ˈpɛrɪˌmɔːf
polymorph
ˈpɒlɪˌmɔːf
pseudomorph
ˈsjuːdəʊˌmɔːf
pythonomorph
paɪˈθɒnəʊˌmɔːf
rhizomorph
ˈraɪzəʊˌmɔːf
theriomorph
ˈθɪərɪəʊˌmɔːf
xeromorph
ˈzɪərəʊˌmɔːf

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NEOMORPH

neologically
neologies
neologise
neologism
neologist
neologistic
neologistical
neologistically
neologize
neology
neomycin
neon
neon lamp
neon light
neon sign
neonatal
neonatally
neonate
neonaticide
neonatologist

WORDS THAT END LIKE NEOMORPH

allelomorph
bimorph
dimorph
ergatomorph
homoeomorph
homomorph
hypomorph
morph
ophiomorph
paramorph
skeuomorph
trimorph
zoomorph

Synonyms and antonyms of neomorph in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «neomorph» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NEOMORPH

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The translations of neomorph from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «neomorph» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

neomorph
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

neomorph
570 millions of speakers

English

neomorph
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

neomorph
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بنية حديثة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

neomorph
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

neomorph
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নূতন অর্থে পুরাতন শব্দপ্রয়োগ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

neomorph
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Neologi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

neomorph
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

neomorph
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

neomorph
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Neologi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

neomorph
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

neology
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Neology
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yeni kelime
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

neomorph
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

neomorph
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

neomorph
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

neomorph
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

neomorph
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

neomorph
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

neomorph
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

neomorph
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of neomorph

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NEOMORPH»

The term «neomorph» is used very little and occupies the 184.357 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NEOMORPH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «neomorph» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «neomorph» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about neomorph

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NEOMORPH»

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Plant Tissue Culture Manual: Fundamentals and Applications
A key feature of neomorph status, as it were, is that gene mutation is not involved. The term "terminal product" seems justified since the aberrant form (neomorph) does not progress directly to a plantlet. They invariably do not survive to become  ...
Keith Lindsey, 1991
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Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs
Among sauropods, for instance, the incorporation of anterior thoracic vertebrae into the neck, along with formation of neomorph cervicals in some taxa, appears to be the main mechanism in the progressive development of longer necks.
Philip J. Currie, Kevin Padian, 1997
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Bones and Cartilage: Developmental and Evolutionary Skeletal ...
The fourth ceratobranchial does not fit this category, nor is it a neomorph. The insight gained from the the 500 rough-skinned newts, Taricha granulosa, was discussed under 'Adaptive value' earlier in the chapter. Detailed understanding of the ...
Brian K. Hall, 2005
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The Evolution of Adaptive Systems: The General Theory of ...
However, of special interest in the present context are his neomorph mutations ( those expressing some output in the phenotype that was absent in ancestral adaptive capacity), now interpreted as being particularly due to changes in regulatory ...
James Patrick Brock, 2000
5
How Vertebrates Left the Water
First hypothesis of the neomorph nature of the autopod. According to Gregory and Raven (1941), most of the autopod is a neomorph (in gray). The pectoral appendages of three sarcopterygians show the hypothesized evolution of fins into ...
Michel Laurin, 2010
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Somatic Embryogenesis in Woody Plants
"Neomorph" was originally applied by Wans in 1957 to refer to experimentally- induced morphological off- types from cells sloughed off seedlings grown for prolonged periods in liquid culture containing non- physiological levels of various  ...
S.M. Jain, P.K. Gupta, R.J. Newton, 2000
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The Evolution of the Vertebral Column
The muscularised tongue is a neomorph of the Tetrapoda, a new acquisition, supplied by the intracranial occipito-spinales. Further elaboration of the tongue is due to an addition from cervical metameres, so that for instance in the mammalia  ...
H. F. Gadow, J. F. Gaskell, H. L. H. H. Green, 2014
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Insect Biology in The Future: VBW 80
The fact that this neomorph maps between the two hypomorphs supports the idea that this genetic region controls the development of the metathorax and in addition, that the proximity of bx and pbm is a reflection of coordinate control.
Michael Locke, 1980
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Genetics, Paleontology, and Macroevolution
After 40 generations, there was a noticeable increase of response. At that time, females had essentially the wild-type configuration of ocelli and macrochaetes. With further selection, neomorph setae arose between orbital and ocellar setae, ...
Jeffrey S. Levinton, 2001
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Advanced Genetic Analysis: Finding Meaning in a Genome
H. J. Muller was clearly prescient in putting forward the idea of a neomorph, a mutation that creates a novel phenotype function unrelated to the usual function of the gene. One major distinction between antimorphs and neomorphs is that the  ...
R. Scott Hawley, Michelle Walker, 2009

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NEOMORPH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term neomorph is used in the context of the following news items.
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TP53: an oncogene in disguise
The boundaries between hypermorph and neomorph mutations are not clear cut and alterations in a single gene can lead to variants that can ... «Nature.com, May 15»
2
ERK and JNK enzymes may offer solutions for treating endometrial …
"We found that the PIK3R1 mutation, R348, is a "neomorph" that changes the very nature of the gene itself, and unexpectedly activates the ERK ... «News-Medical.net, Oct 14»
3
Star Wars: Battlefront III Footage Leaked?
EG NeoMorph 17 Jan 2009 09:00. 1/4. Oh well... Lucasfilm have forced YouTube to remove the video claiming copyright... so we can't see what ... «Spong, Jan 09»

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