Biology GCSE
Populations and species
What Populations and species means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Populations and species
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A population is all the organisms of one species in a habitat, so evolution is measured in populations, not individuals.
Topics that use Populations and species
- Evolution (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Common ancestry
- Evidence for evolution
- Evolution
- Natural selection
- Speciation and reproductive isolation
- Variation
- Selection pressure
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