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Variation (OCR MA)
Variations and how they occur
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What three things cause variations? | 1-Meiosis 2-Sexual Reproduction 3-Mutation |
| What are the two types of variation? | Discontinuous/Discrete and Continuous. |
| What shape would continuous variation give if plotted on a graph? | A normal distibution curve. |
| What is an example of Discrete variation? | Blood group, Gender, Colour, Presence of flagellum. |
| What is an example of continuous variation? | Height, Length of Leaf, Length of stalk. |
| What is variation within a species called? | Intra-specific variation. |
| What is variation between species called? | Inter-specific variations |
| What two things can affect variations? | Genetics and the enviroment. |