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Variation

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Variation means that there are differences between the members of a species.

• Evolution cannot occur without variation.
• The two causes of variation are:
  1. Sexual reproduction
  2. Mutations
• Sexual reproduction causes variation through meiosis (crossing over and random assortment of chromosomes) and fertilisation, which combines genetic material from two parents.

• A mutation is a change in the amount or structure of DNA.

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