Biology GCSE
Evidence-based classification
What Evidence-based classification means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Evidence-based classification
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Organisms are grouped using evidence such as internal structures and biochemical data, and new models of classification are proposed as this evidence becomes more developed.
Topics that use Evidence-based classification
- Classification of living organisms (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Binomial naming
- Binomial system
- Biochemical evidence and DNA sequencing
- Changing classification
- Classification
- Combining multiple evidence sources
- Current classification data
- Evolutionary relationships
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