Look up: cline

1. cline
   Type: Term Pronunciation: klīn Definitions: 1. 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.
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2. Cline
   [biology] In biology, an ecocline or simply cline (Greek: κλίνω = to possess or exhibit gradient, to lean) describes an ecotone in which a series of biocommunities display a continuous gradient. The term was coined by the English evolutionary biologist Julian Huxley in 1938. More techni...
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3. Cline
   a series of contiguous populations that exhibit gradual and continuous change of character in response to some environmental gradient.
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4. Cline
   A gradual change in an allele frequency or in the mean of a character over a geographic boundary.
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5. Cline
   [n] - Americn geneticist who succeeded in transferring a functioning gene from one mouse to another (born in 1934)
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6. cline
   a geographical gradient in phenotypic characters within a species range Category: Botany and zoology
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7. cline
   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. ... Origin: G. Klino, to slope ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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8. Cline
   Martin Cline noun American geneticist who succeeded in transferring a functioning gene from one mouse to another (born in 1934)
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9. cline
   (from the article `insect`) ...many butterflies inhabiting industrial areas have become almost black during the past century; black forms are more tolerant of pollution and less ...
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10. cline
    cline A character gradient; continuous variation in the expression of a character through a series of contiguous populations; clinal.
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11. Cline
    [surname] Cline, as spelled, is an Irish surname with historical roots in County Roscommon. People bearing the name include: == See also == ...
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12. Cline
    a geographic gradient in a measurable character, or gradient in gene, genotype, or phenotype frequency (Endler 1970:180).
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13. cline
    cline, 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 featur...
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14. Cline
    [linguistics] In linguistics, a cline is a scale of continuous gradation. While cline is most frequently invoked as a general concept, it has also developed specialized uses in various linguistic sub-disciplines. ==Cline of grammaticalisation== Within the study of grammaticalisation, the pro...
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15. Cline
    [hydrology] In hydrology and related sciences and technologies, a cline is a comparatively thin, typically horizontal layer within a fluid, in which a property of the fluid varies greatly over a relatively short vertical distance. Such clines, and the respectively varying properties include: ...
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