What Is a Portion or Part of a Population Called

question 74

Multiple Choice

What is a portion or part of a population called?

• A) Random sample
• B) Sample
• C) Tally
• D) Frequency distribution

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Definitions:

Guanine

One of the four main nucleobases found in DNA and RNA, which pairs with cytosine and is essential for DNA replication and cellular function.

Polygenic Traits

Characteristics or traits that are influenced by multiple genes rather than a single gene, contributing to the phenotype's complexity.

Genes

Biological units of heredity located in our cells that dictate physical and some behavioral traits.

Reduction Division

Reduction division is another term for meiosis, a process in which a parent cell divides into four cells with half the chromosome number of the original cell, crucial for sexual reproduction.