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Definition of Neomorph
1. n. A structure, part, or organ developed independently, that is, not derived from a similar structure, part, or organ, in a preexisting form.
Definition of Neomorph
1. Noun. (genetics) a gain of function mutation that causes novel gene function. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Neomorph
1. a type of biological structure [n -S]
Medical Definition of Neomorph
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Neomorph
Literary usage of Neomorph
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"Paleontological and embryological evidence showed that the existing joint between
the skull and the lower jaws in mammals is a neomorph, probably developed ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1906)
"While there is, at the present time, abundant evidence to show that the functional
mouth of the vertebrate of to-day is a neomorph, and that the original ..."
3. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1916)
"... placental mammals is a neomorph, in the nature of a glenoid epiphysis.
This so-called epiphysis agrees with the ..."
4. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1889)
"Under the former view the head must be regarded as phylogenetically the oldest
part of the animal, and the trunk as a neomorph, the origin of which involved ..."
5. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1895)
"... male, this vein is forked, and it seems scarcely clear whether the whole
structure may not be a neomorph. It is rather characteristic of the ..."
6. Evolution of Mammalian Molar Teeth by Henry Fairfield Osborn (1907)
"... molar is supposed to be a neomorph or secondary upgrowth of the posterior side
of the tooth. ..."
7. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1905)
"Undoubtedly the auditory organ is a "neomorph interposed amongst the nerves and
altering their primitive courses "; but because this is the •case, ..."
8. The Journal of Comparative Neurology and Psychology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1905)
"The massive pallium which is related to the olfactory apparatus is regarded as
a neomorph in gnathostomes and as such it is not of especial importance for ..."
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