Biology GCSE
Variation
What Variation means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Differences in the characteristics of individuals in a population, which may be due to genetic causes, environmental causes, or a combination of genes and the environment.
Differences between individuals arising from random mutation, producing different phenotypes.
Differences between individuals in a population because of differences in their genes.
Topics that use Variation
- Evidence for evolution (AQA GCSE)
- Evolution (AQA GCSE)
- Variation (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Evidence for evolution
- Genes
- Natural selection
- Alleles
- Antibiotic resistance
- Combined causation
- Common ancestry
- Environmental change
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