Biology GCSE
Combining multiple evidence sources
What Combining multiple evidence sources means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Using both current classification data and fossil data, which gives a more complete picture of evolutionary relationships than either source alone.
Topics that use Combining multiple evidence sources
- Classification of living organisms (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Binomial naming
- Binomial system
- Biochemical evidence and DNA sequencing
- Changing classification
- Classification
- Current classification data
- Evidence-based classification
- Evolutionary relationships
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