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Variability  [ Genetics  ]

Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names

Synonyms: Mutability

     
  The property or ability of an organism to change its characteristics from one generation to the other. The quality of being capable of mutation.  
   
Variability  [ Genetics - Taxonomy ]

Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names

Synonyms: Variableness  
Adjective: Variable 
Antonym: invariability

     
  The sum of different genotypic or phenotypic characters within a given taxa or population.  
     
  • Variability of genotypes (Genetic diversity) The differences in the genetic make up among populations of a single species and among individuals within a population.
     
  • Variability (heterozygosity): Absence of uniformity, usually referring to lack of genetic uniformity in a population.
     
  • Variability among living organisms (biodiversity): the variability among living organisms from all sources including, among other things, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are a part; this includes diversity within species (Genetic diversity), between species (Species diversity) and of ecosystems (Ecosystem diversity)
     
  • Variability (aberrance): Manifest diversity or difference, divergence to true type
     
  • Variability of population (The proportion or ratio of organisms within a community) Instead of counting each and every organism, scientists measure the variability of populations to look for change over time. For example in a given population the variability may be 4 females for every 3 male.
Variability  [ Mathematics ]

Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names

derived form: Variance

     
  The tendency to vary or fluctuate around an average or expected value, or around a specific average pattern.  
     
The statistical measure of variability (variance) is a measure of the dispersion of a set of values about its mean.
     

 


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