DNA stores information that is needed for passing down our genetic characteristics from one generation to the next â for example, what we look like and how we develop â hence it is also known as our genetic blueprint. Half of each person's DNA comes from their mother and the other half from their father. Back to Top.
Small Area Variations. Definition. Health Economics. A term usually applied to the observed wide variations in clinical practices within jurisdictions having otherwise similar health care organizational structures and payments systems, and having populations with similar demographic, economic, social and epidemiological characteristics.
The term linguistic variation (or simply variation) refers to regional, social, or contextual differences in the ways that a particular language is used. Variation between languages, dialects, and speakers is known as interspeaker variation. Variation within the language of a single speaker is called intraspeaker variation. Since the rise of sociolinguistics in the 1960s, interest in linguistic variation (also called linguistic variability) has developed rapidly.