Biology GCSE
Selection and survival
What Selection and survival means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Selection and survival
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Reference: AQA
Successful competitors survive and reproduce, so competition acts as a selection pressure within the community.
Topics that use Selection and survival
- Communities (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Abiotic component
- Adaptation to environmental conditions
- competition
- Competition for limited resources
- data interpretation
- Enzyme
- Interactions in communities
- Interactions within ecosystems
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