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Define variations in relation to a species?

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Define variation in relation to a species. ...
  • Variation means certain changes which occur in sexually reproducing organisms because of errors in DNA copying.
  • Variations are beneficial for species because they give survival advantage even in the adverse environmental conditions.


Variation is all the differences which exist between members of the same species. There are two kinds of variation; continuous and discontinuous.You should be able to give some examples of each. Continuous variation is variation that has no limit on the value that can occur within a population.

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