Cline

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The term cline was introduced by Julian Huxley in 1938 to describe a gradation in a series of subspecies with continuous change in characters over a geographical area.[1][2] It can be used more generally for any gradation of measurable characters.

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  1. ^ Huxley J. 1938a. Clines: an auxiliary method in taxonomy. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde (Leiden) 27, 491–520.
  2. ^ Huxley J. 1938b. Clines: an auxiliary taxonomic principle. Nature 142, 219–220.