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Course: UP Class 12th Biology > Unit 5

Lesson 6: DNA fingerprinting

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DNA fingerprinting

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The town of

XYZ

has a population of

1000

, most of whom have large ears. The table below lists the number of

XYZ

ites who have other ear shapes.

Trait	Number of $XYZ$ ‍ites with trait
Small	$2$ ‍
Curly	$9$ ‍
Pointed	$24$ ‍

Which of the above traits can be considered a DNA polymorphism?

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