English Explanatory Dictionary

island rule

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The principle of biology that states that populations isolated onto islands may undergo evolution towards dwarfism or gigantism to better conform to available resources

Word forms

island rule

Etymology

From being an empirical rule applied to evolution on islands.

Synonyms

Foster's rule
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