ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE: VARIATION IN TRAITS

Within this section, the learner will:

  • Understand how traits vary in Mendelian genetics due to incomplete dominance, and codominance
  • Learn the process of mutation and how it changes an organism’s genetic makeup
  • Be able to identify the difference between genetic and environmental variation in traits

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Test Your Understanding

Separate the factors in the word bank as sources of genetic (A) or environmental(B) variation.

1. Codominant alleles

2. Nutrition

3. Mutation

4. Sunlight

5. Multiple alleles

6. Radiation

7. Incomplete dominance

8. Exercise