clinally

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English

Etymology

From clinal +‎ -ly.

Adverb

clinally (not comparable)

  1. In the form of a gradation
    • 2016 January 26, “Cryptic Biodiversity and the Origins of Pest Status Revealed in the Macrogenome of Simulium colombaschense (Diptera: Simuliidae), History’s Most Destructive Black Fly”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      Three inversions varied clinally from the upper Danube to the Iron Gate: IIL-13 increased from a frequency of 0.02–0.04 in the upper Danube to 0.94 in Romania, whereas IIL-14 and IIIL-4 decreased from 0.50 and higher to 0.00.