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