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CLINAL VARIATION [1 record]

Record 1 2014-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
  • Animal Biology
  • Paleontology
CONT

Several studies have demonstrated clinal variation in phenotypic traits related to thermal adaptation of drosophilid species and, in particular Drosophila melanogaster.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Biologie animale
  • Paléontologie
CONT

Si, d'un groupe à l'autre, [dans une même espèce,] la variation morphologique est graduelle et ne semble pas s'être effectuée au hasard, on dit [...] que les modifications observées constituent une variation clinale.

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