Variation Flashcards

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What is phenotypic variation?

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  • the observable characteristics of an organism is the combination of genetic and environmental factors
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What is variation influenced by?

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  • The number of genes involved
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What is discontinous variation?

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  • Qualitative difference between phenotypes that have distinctive groups
  • It is caused by gene mutation, different alleles at the same locus have large effects
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What is continous variation?

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  • Quantitative difference between phenotypes where there is a large range of variation within a population
  • controlled by two or more genes, different alleles at locus
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