Question

What is variations?What is the importance of variations? ​

Answer 1

Variation allows some individuals within a population to adapt to the changing environment. Because natural selection acts directly only on phenotypes, more genetic variation within a population usually enables more phenotypic variation.

Answer 2

The differences in the characters/traits between the parent and offspring is called Variation.

Importance of Variation

→ Depending upon the nature of variations different individuals would have different kinds of advantage. Example, Bacteria that can withstand heat will survive better in a heat wave.

→ Main advantage of variation to species is that it increases the chances of its survival in a changing environment.

→ Free ear lobes and attached ear lobes are two variants found in human populations.