Selection And Evolution

Question 1

What is genetic variation?

Answer 1

Difference between the DNA base sequences of individuals within a species.

Question 2

What is phenotypic variation?

Answer 2

Difference between observable characteristics of individuals within a species

Question 3

What is discontinuous variation?

Answer 3

Differences between individuals of a species in which different alleles at a single locus have large effects on the phenotype of those individuals

Question 4

What is continuous variation?

Answer 4

Differences between individuals of a species in which , each one can lie at any point in the range between highest and lowest values .