Biology A-Level
low oxygen environments
What low oxygen environments means in Biology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of low oxygen environments
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An organism that struggles to load oxygen because the partial pressure of oxygen is low needs haemoglobin with a high affinity and a curve shifted to the left.
Topics that use low oxygen environments
- Mass transport in animals (AQA A-Level)
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