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discontinuous variation
noun
, Biology.
- 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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Suppose that evolution "in the open" had taken place in the same way, by means of discontinuous variation.
From Project Gutenberg
The nectarine from the peach, thus becomes as clear-cut a case of discontinuous variation as can be.
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