discontinuous variation
nounBiology.
variation in phenotypic traits in which types are grouped into discrete categories with few or no intermediate phenotypes.: Compare continuous variation.
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How to use discontinuous variation in a sentence
Suppose that evolution "in the open" had taken place in the same way, by means of discontinuous variation.
A Critique of the Theory of Evolution | Thomas Hunt MorganThe nectarine from the peach, thus becomes as clear-cut a case of discontinuous variation as can be.
The Peaches of New York | U. P. Hedrick
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