morphocline
English edit
Etymology edit
From morpho- + cline. Coined by T. Paul Maslin in 1952.[1]
Noun edit
morphocline (plural morphoclines)
- (evolutionary theory) A series of morphological transformations that occurs during the evolution of a species
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References edit
- ^ T. Paul Maslin (1952) “Morphological criteria of phyletic relationships”, in Systematic Zoology[1], volume 1, number 2, JSTOR, →ISSN, page 52: “I propose, therefore, the term morpho-cline to include not only eco-clines and geo-clines as defined by Huxley but also those discontinuous clines remaining should the populations attain complete specific status.”