island rule

English

Etymology

From being an empirical rule applied to evolution on islands.

Noun

island rule

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

Synonyms

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