Biology GCSE
Pioneering scientific work
What Pioneering scientific work means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Alfred Wallace did much pioneering work on speciation, linking geographical isolation, variation and natural selection to the formation of new species when these ideas were new.
Topics that use Pioneering scientific work
- 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
- Independent discovery
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