CONTINUOUS &

DISCONTINUOUS
VARIATIONS
Anis Natasya, Ainnur Annisa, Amirah Nur
Farhani, Maryam Sulaiman, Omi Irdina,
Syarifah Tasnim. 4K3

TYPES OF VARIATIONS

Continu
ous
variatio
n

Discontin
uous
variation

CONTINUOUS VARIATION
o The differences in a character are not distinct.
o Examples : height, weight, chest circumferences,
body mass and hand span.
o Exhibits a spectrum of phenotypes with
intermediate characters
o The characters are quantitative and can be
measured and graded from one extreme to the
other.

o Shows a normal graph distribution

o Influenced by environmental factor

o Two or more genes control the same character
o The phenotypes is usually controlled by many
types of alleles.

DISCONTINUOUS VARIATION.
o A type of variation in which the differences in a
character are distinctive.
o Examples : the four types of fingerprint pattern,
blood groups, the ability to roll tongue, attached
or free ear lobes, thumb hyperextension.

Cant roll
tongue vs can
roll tongue

Curly hair vs
straight hair

Attached
earlobe vs free
earlobe

Hitchhikers
thumb vs
normal thumb

o The characters are qualitative and they cannot be

measured or graded from one extreme to the
other.
o Shows a discrete distribution.

o Is not influenced by environmental factors.

o A single gene determines the differences in the
traits of a character.
o The phenotype is controlled by a type of allele.

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