Sponsor Area

Locomotion And Movement

Question
CBSEENBI11002866

Change in the number of body parts is called

  • Continuous variation

  • Discontinuous variation

  • Meristic variation

  • Substantive variation

Solution

C.

Meristic variation

Meristic variations involve any change in the number of body parts. In other words, it may be defined as the numerical variation in the taxonomic characters, e.g., number of spots, vertebrae, etc.