Quantitative and Qualitative Traits

Question 1

qualitative traits definition

Answer 1

have a few distinct states

individuals belong to a few types

expressed in words

have discontinuous distributions (bar graph)

Question 2

quantitative traits definition

Answer 2

traits have a continuous distribution (bell curve)

individuals can have many possible types

expressed in numbers

Question 3

normal frequency distribution

Answer 3

individuals can have any value in the distribution

every quantitative trait has a frequency distribution

Question 4

quantitative traits are always determined by…

Answer 4

both genes and the environment working together

Question 5

most quantitative traits are affected by…

Answer 5

many genes and many environmental factors

Question 6

interbreeding reduces…

Answer 6

variation

Question 7

quantitative traits involve ____ each with a _____ which add up to ____

Answer 7

many genes, small effect, big effect

Question 8

GWAS

Answer 8

genome-wide association studies