Definitions for "Cline"
A gradual and sequential change of characters without significant break such as would justify division into separate species.
A series of differing physical characteristics within a species or population, reflecting gradients or changes in the environment (e.g., body size or color).
A geographic continuum in the variation of a particular trait.
Americn geneticist who succeeded in transferring a functioning gene from one mouse to another (born in 1934)
( Genet.). A pattern of genetical variation in which the differences of characters are graded in a definite direction in space. See Ecoline : Topocline. ( BCFT).
a line connecting points of equal values for observations, such as lines on a weather map