Traits and/or states

[Thomas Lammers]

At 04:36 PM 10/30/03 +0200, Matt Buys wrote:
>Is there a difference between states and traits and if so, what would
>that be?

A "trait" (character) is a feature of an organism in general, e.g., flower
color.  A state is the specific expression of that character in a given
individual, e.g., red, yellow, or white.


Thomas G. Lammers, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor and Curator of the Herbarium (OSH)
Department of Biology and Microbiology
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
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