The probationary period usually runs from six months to one year and gives the supervisor or manager an opportunity to evaluate an employeeâs performance and conduct on the job, provide remedial opportunities and, if it is necessary, remove or reassign the employee.
(genetics) Characteristics or attributes of an organism that are expressed by genes and/or influenced by the environment. Supplement. Traits include physical attributes of an organism such as hair color, leaf shape, size, etc., and behavioral characteristics, such as bird nesting. Word origin: L tractus. See also: phenotype, inheritance, gene. Please contribute to this project, if you have more information about this term feel free to edit this page.
In phylogenetics, a derived trait is a trait that is present in an organism, but was absent in the last common ancestor of the group being considered.This may also refer to structures that are not present in an organism, but were present in its ancestors, i.e. traits that have undergone secondary loss.n phylogenetics, a derived trait is a trait that is present in an organism, but was absent in the last common ancestor of the group being considered.