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Clines

Description:

Clines, as a scientific term, refers to gradual or continuous phenotypic variations in a population over a geographic area. It is commonly used in the fields of biology, anthropology, and genetics to describe the distribution patterns of traits across different populations.

Examples:

Noun:

1. The study of clines helps us understand how certain genetic traits are spread across different populations.

2. The cline of skin color variations from darkest to lightest can often be observed in populations from equatorial regions to polar regions.

Verb:

1. The genetic variation of a specific trait clines from one population to another.

2. The researcher clined the data to illustrate the gradual change in the frequency of a genetic marker.

Related Adjective:

1. The clinal distribution of certain physical characteristics within a population is influenced by various environmental factors.

2. The study compared the clinal variation in body size between different species of birds.

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