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Noun: cline  klIn
  1. A gradation in a character or phenotype within a species or other group
    "The cline in human skin colour from equatorial to polar regions reflects adaptation to different levels of sunlight"
Noun: Cline  klIn
  1. American geneticist who succeeded in transferring a functioning gene from one mouse to another (born in 1934)
    - Martin Cline

Derived forms: clines

Type of: geneticist

Encyclopedia: Cline, Martin