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Paper 3 · June 2017 · Inheritance and Variation

Which is an example of discontinuous variation in humans?

Abody mass
Bintelligence
Cskin colour
DABO blood group

Explanation

A person is group A, B, AB or O and nothing between, because the character is set by the alleles of one gene. Body mass, skin colour and intelligence each depend on many genes together with the environment, so they vary continuously across a range.

Derived from ZIMSEC Biology Paper 3, Jun 2017, Q23

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