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Study Trait lecture notes PDF with biology definitions and explanation to study What is Trait?. Study trait explanation with biology terms to review biology course for online degree programs.

Trait Definition:

  • Each variant for a character, such as purple or white color for flowers, is called a trait.

    Campbell Biology by J.B. Reece, L.A. Urry, M.L. Cain, S.A. Wasserman, P.V. Minorsky, R.B. Jackson



Trait Notes:

Every variant for a character is called a trait. For example for skin color, which is a character, every variant of it will be called a trait like dark skin tone, medium skin tone, very dark skin tone etc. The terms variant and characters are mostly used to describe the plant features.

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