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*[[Frond dimorphism]], differing forms of fern fronds between the sterile and fertile fronds |
*[[Frond dimorphism]], differing forms of fern fronds between the sterile and fertile fronds |
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Revision as of 02:28, 10 December 2007
Types of dimorphism (having two body types) include:
- Sexual dimorphism, differences in the body appearance of a species based on sex
- Nuclear dimorphism, when a cell's nuclear apparatus is composed of two structurally and functionally differentiated types of nuclei
- Phenotypic switching, switching between two cell-types. For example the fungus Candida albicans infects host tissue by switching from its usual unicellular yeast-like form into an invasive, multicellular filamentous form
- Frond dimorphism, differing forms of fern fronds between the sterile and fertile fronds