Biology GCSE
Selection pressure
What Selection pressure means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Selection pressure
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Reference: AQA
A named environmental factor, such as predators or antibiotics, that favours phenotypes best suited to the environment.
Topics that use Selection pressure
- Evolution (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Common ancestry
- Evidence for evolution
- Evolution
- Natural selection
- Populations and species
- Speciation and reproductive isolation
- Variation
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