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Variation that occurs in body cells and is not inherited is called:
AGerminal variation
BSomatic variation
CDiscontinuous variation
DGenetic variation
✓ Correct Answer: B — Somatic variation
Somatic variations occur in the non-reproductive (somatic) cells and cannot be passed to the next generation.
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