Meanings (ES + gloss)
clina • cline
A gradation in a character or phenotype within a species, deme, or other systematic group.
2000 Michael J. O'Brien and R. Lee Lyman: Applying Evolutionary Archaeology →ISBN [A cline is a] character gradient, wherein a character such as length increases or decreases gradu…
2002 The Future of Evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Recent studies have shown that invaders can rapidly adapt to the new environments in which they find t…
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