Biology GCSE
Independent discovery
What Independent discovery means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Independent discovery
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Reaching the same conclusion as another person without seeing their unpublished work, as when Wallace reached the same conclusion as Darwin.
Topics that use Independent discovery
- Speciation (biology only) (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Development of scientific theories
- Evidence for evolution
- Field evidence and biogeography
- Formation of new species
- Genetic and fossil evidence
- Geographical and reproductive isolation
- Impact on biological thought
- Mimicry
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