CB3f Variation Flashcards
1
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Environmental variation
A
When an organism’s phenotype is affected by it’s surroundings
2
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Acquired characteristics
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A characteristic in an organism that can change during its life due to a change in the environment
3
Q
Discontinuous Variation
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Is where the data can only take a limited set of values
Number of leaves
4
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Continuous Variation
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Where the data can be a value in any range
Leaf length
5
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Normal distribution (continuous data)
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When many individuals have the middle value for a feature with fewer individuals having greater or lesser values
