Biology GCSE
New phenotype
What New phenotype means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of New phenotype
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A changed characteristic of the organism that appears very rarely, only when a mutation alters the protein in a way that affects the organism.
Topics that use New phenotype
- Variation (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Combined causation
- Environmental change
- Gene-environment interaction
- Generation time and rate of evolution
- Genes
- Genetic variation within populations
- Genome
- Mutation
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