Biology GCSE
Selection pressures in the environment
What Selection pressures in the environment means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Selection pressures in the environment
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The environment presents a selection pressure, such as predation, disease or competition for resources, and the environment does the selecting, not the organism.
Topics that use Selection pressures in the environment
- Theory of evolution (biology only) (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- continuous variation
- Differential survival and reproduction
- discontinuous variation
- Evidence and genetics
- Evidence for evolution
- Natural selection
- Variation within populations
- Variation within species
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