Biology GCSE
Combined causation
What Combined causation means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Combined causation
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Reference: AQA
Many characteristics result from a combination of genes and the environment, where genes set a potential range and the environment influences where an individual falls within it.
Topics that use Combined causation
- Variation (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Environmental change
- Gene-environment interaction
- Generation time and rate of evolution
- Genes
- Genetic variation within populations
- Genome
- Mutation
- Mutation as the source of new alleles
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