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graded topocline

 
Sci-Tech Dictionary: graded topocline
 
(¦grād·əd ′täp·ə′klīn)

(ecology) A topocline having a wide range, or ranging into different kinds of environment, thus subjecting its members to differential selection so that divergence between local races may become sufficient to warrant creation of varietal, or even specific, names.


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