Gloger's rule

noun

Glo·​ger's rule

ˈglōgə(r)z-

: a statement in zoology: within a species of warm-blooded animals the degree of melanin pigmentation tends to vary directly with the mean environmental temperature

Word History

Etymology

after C. W. L. Gloger †1863 German zoologist

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