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Record 1 2014-03-18

English

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

A gradient of morphological or physiological change in a group of related organisms usually along a line of environmental or geographic transition.

French

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

Dans une même espèce, c'est-à-dire parmi des individus pouvant éventuellement se croiser entre eux, on peut trouver des groupes de sujets morphologiquement différents. Si, d'un groupe à l'autre, la variation morphologique est graduelle et ne semble pas s'être effectuée au hasard, on dit que les groupes forment des clines [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología vegetal
  • Biología animal
  • Paleontología
DEF

Cambio en uno o más caracteres fenotípicos o frecuencias alélicas a lo largo de una variación geográfica gradual.

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