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Variation
OCR - Biodiversity and Evolution - 10 - Variation
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is variation? | Variety is the presence of variety - of differences between individuals. |
| What three things cause variation? | Meiosis, sexual reproduction and mutation. |
| What is interspecies variation? | Variation between species. |
| What is intraspecies variation? | Variation within a species. |
| What is continuous variation? | Variation in which there is a full range of intermediate phenotypes between two extremes. |
| What is discontinuous variation? | Variation in which there are discrete groups of phenotypes with no or very few individuals in between. |
| What is genetic variation caused by? | The differences between the genes and the combinations of genes or alleles. |
| What type of variation would blood gorup in humans be an example of? (continuous or discontinuous) | Discontinuous. |
| Which type of variation would length of leaves in plants be an example of? (continuous or discontinuous) | Continuous. |
| What type of variation is controlled by a single gene? | Discontinuous. |
| What type of variation is controlled by several genes? | Continuous. |