Characteristics
Variation
Every individual in the human population has different characteristics such as eye colour, height and body mass. Plants of the same species or type can also differ in height, flower colour or leaf length. These differences are called variation.
The version of a characteristic shown by an individual is called its phenotype.
Organisms that carry out sexual reproduction are able to combine different forms of genes from two parents, which increases Difference between individuals, distance from the norm. in their offspring.
A The visible characteristics of an organism which occur as a result of its genes. is an inherited characteristic. The phenotype of every individual is due to the genes they inherited from their parents.
Examples
Characteristic: eye colour
