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what is discontinuous data

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there are no in-between data. ( like blood type)

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what is a continuous data

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there are no definite class ( like height)

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reasons of variation

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different genotype
difference of environment
mutation

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cause of mutation

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radiation cause-effect nucleus and so there the base sequence is different

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what is an adaptive feature

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an inherited feature that helps an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment

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process of adaptation

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populations become more suited to their environment over many generations, which is resulted from the process of natural selection

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what is an artificial selection

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breed the animal with advantages we want but not the animal that is not helpful to us.

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process of meiosis that result variation in a species

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meiosis produces gametes that are haploid
the gametes produced are all genetically different
during fertilisation, the fusion of the gametes at random produces a diploid zygote
this sexual reproduction results in variation in offspring and its parent

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