Biology GCSE
Mutation as the source of new alleles
What Mutation as the source of new alleles means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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All new alleles arise by mutation, a random change in the base sequence of DNA, and mutation is the source of all new variation.
Topics that use Mutation as the source of new alleles
- Variation (AQA GCSE)
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