Definition of Cline

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

Exact synonyms: Martin Cline
Generic synonyms: Geneticist

Definition of Cline

1. Noun. (biology) A gradation in a character or phenotype within a species or other group. ¹

2. Noun. Any graduated continuum. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cline

1. a series of changes within a species [n -S]

Medical Definition of Cline

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. Origin: G. Klino, to slope (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cline

clinally
clinamen
clinamens
clinanthia
clinanthium
clinch
clinch nut
clinched
clincher
clincher-built
clinchers
clinches
clinching
clinchingly
clindamycin
cline (current term)
clines
cling
cling film
cling on
cling to
clinged
clinger
clingers
clingest
clingeth
clingfilm
clingfilmed
clingfilms
clingfish

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