Variation in population: NECO Biology Past Questions and Answers

What the WAEC syllabus covers in Variation in population

Our summary: Morphological and physiological variation, continuous and discontinuous, measured on real people, animals and plants.

• Morphological variations in the physical appearance of individuals: size, height and weight (Candidates are required to measure heights and weights of pupils of the same age group and plot graphs of frequency distribution of the height and weight.)
• Colour (skin, eye, hair, coat of animals) (Observe and record various skin colour, colour pattern of some animals (cow, goat, rabbits), colour pattern of plants (maize cob and leaves).)
• Finger prints (Make finger prints and classify them into arches, loops, whorls and compounds.)
• Physiological variations: ability to roll tongue
• Ability to taste phenylthiocarbamide (PTC)
• Blood groups (ABO classification)

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