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C0408000 (klīn)n. A gradual change in a character or feature across the distributional range of a species or population, usually correlated with an environmental or geographic transition.

[From Greek klīnein, to lean; see klei- in Indo-European roots.]

clin′al (klī′nəl) adj.

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(klaɪn) n (Environmental Science) a continuous variation in form between members of a species having a wide variable geographical or ecological range[C20: from Greek klinein to lean] ˈclinal adj ˈclinally adv

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(klaɪn) n (Biography) Patsy, original name Virginia Patterson Hensley. 1932–63, US country singer; her bestselling records include "Walking After Midnight", "I Fall to Pieces", and "Leavin' On Your Mind"

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n. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species. [1935–40; < Greek klinein to lean¹] clin′al, adj.

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Cline - American geneticist who succeeded in transferring a functioning gene from one mouse to another (born in 1934)Martin Cline

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in biology, any gradual change in a particular characteristic of a population of organisms from one end of the geographical range of the population to the other. Gradients of characteristics usually accompany, and are responses to, environmental gradients; for example, a mountain range features gradients from top to bottom such as a temperature gradient (colder to warmer) and a humidity gradient (wetter to drier). They may also reflect patterns of individual migration or gene flow. In species of birds and mammals, there is usually a cline in body size, with smaller individuals in warm climates and larger individuals tending to be found in colder climates.

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in biology, a gradual increase or decrease (quantitative gradient) of some character or property in populations in connection with marked change in physical geographic factors. A cline usually develops when a large area is more or less uniformly populated by a particular species and the populations and their groups are not separated by rigid isolating barriers. A cline provides an advantage in natural selection because it allows adjustment to any direction of change in the corresponding physical geographic factors.

A cline may also develop as a result of the rapid dispersal of a species.

REFERENCE

Timofeev-Resovskii, N. V., N. N. Vorontsov, and A. V. Iablokov. Kratkii ocherk teorii evoliutsii. Moscow, 1969. Pages 163, 164, 171, 176.

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[klīn] (biology) A graded series of morphological or physiological characters exhibited by a natural group (as a species) of related organisms, generally along a line of environmental or geographic transition.

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Patsy, original name Virginia Patterson Hensley. 1932--63, US country singer; her bestselling records include "Walking After Midnight", "I Fall to Pieces", and "Leavin' On Your Mind".

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(klīn), A systematic relation between location and the frequencies of alleles; lines connecting points of equal frequency are termed isoclines, and the direction of the cline at any point is at right angles to an isocline. [G. klinō, to slope]

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(klīn)n. A gradual change in a character or feature across the distributional range of a species or population, usually correlated with an environmental or geographic transition.

clin′al (klī′nəl) adj.

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a gradual and continuous (or nearly continuous) change in a character (such as size or colour) in relation to its geographical or ecological distribution. For example, there is an increase in the percentage of bridled forms in the guillemot population with more northerly latitudes.

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noun American geneticist who succeeded in transferring a functioning gene from one mouse to another (born in 1934)

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