Different organisms vary in how they look and function because they have different inherited information. In each kind of organism there is variation in the traits themselves, and different kinds of organisms may have different versions of the trait.

Do we have different traits?

Despite sharing some characteristics with our peers and our family members, every one of us has a unique combination of traits. ... Some traits are controlled by genes passed from parent to child, others are acquired through learning but most are influenced by a combination of genes and environmental factors.

Why there are varied traits?

Phenotypes that vary between the individuals in a population do so because of both environmental factors and the genes that influence traits, as well as various interactions between genes and environmental factors. ... This value creates genetic variation in a population when it varies between individuals.