intergradation
Americannoun
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the act or process of intergrading or the state of being intergraded.
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an evolutionary process by which different species of organisms tend to merge through a series of intermediate stages or grades.
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If specimens were available they would undoubtedly show intergradation to exist between osgoodi and absonus.
From The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1 Kansas University Publications. by Stephen D. Durrant
Two specimens from Escalante, Garfield County, are referred to absonus, but they show intergradation with dissimilis.
From The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1 Kansas University Publications. by Stephen D. Durrant
The two kinds intergrade also in northeastern California, although in that state S. v. daggeti, rather than S. v. ruber, is involved in the intergradation.
From Speciation of the Wandering Shrew by James S. Findley
In measurements, the Tamaulipan specimens agree closely with miradorensis; in color, some resemble miradorensis but others approach fuscus, possibly indicating intergradation between the two subspecies in the material at hand.
From The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, Mexico by Ticul Alvarez
In this area, therefore, the zone of intergradation between the smaller lowland shrew and the larger montane shrew is more gradual and gradually intergrading populations are found over a relatively large area.
From Speciation of the Wandering Shrew by James S. Findley
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