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neomorph|ˈniːəʊmɔːf|
[f. neo- + -morph.]
1. Biol. An anatomical structure or feature that is of recent origin phylogenetically.
1886W. N. Parker tr. Wiedersheim's Elem. Compar. Anat. Vertebrates 33 It is uncertain whether the dermal skeleton present in Armadillos..is to be derived directly from that of Reptiles, or whether it is to be considered as formed independently, that is, as a new acquisition or ‘neomorph’ (Gadow).
2. Genetics. A mutant allele which effects a different character from that effected by the wild-type allele.
1932H. J. Muller in Proc. Sixth Internat. Congress Genetics I. 245 Somewhat different from the negatively acting, competing mutant genes, or antimorphs, is the class which I am provisionally terming ‘neomorphs’. A good example is the dominant mutant, Hairy wing, near the left end of the X chromosome. 1946Nature 12 Oct. 520/1 Among spontaneous mutations which are known to occur at this locus some would be expected to be neomorphs. 1967Evolution XXI. 850 (heading) Latent neomorphs and the evolution of dominance.
Hence neoˈmorphic a., of, pertaining to, or being a neomorph (in either sense).
1903Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancement of Sci. 1902 631 Madagascar has yielded a Physa (P. lamellata) with a neomorphic gill, a character shared by species of Planorbis (P. corneus and P. marginatus). 1922W. Garstang in Jrnl. Linnean Soc.: Zool. XXXV. 99, I propose in future to use palæogenetic and neogenetic when referring to ontogenetic processes, and palæomorphic and neomorphic when contrasting primitive and modified types of structure. 1932H. J. Muller in Proc. Sixth Internat. Congress Genetics I. 245 (heading) Neomorphic mutations. 1940G. R. de Beer Embryos & Ancestors xiv. 89 A palaeomorphic character may of course..have made its first appearance in early stages of ontogeny. Conversely, characters of more recent origin, to which Garstang applies the term neomorphic, may have originated in terminal ontogenetic or adult stages. 1966E. A. Carlson Gene xiii. 113 In this neomorphic class, Muller placed Bar eyes. |