Combined Science GCSE
Environmental change and allele frequency
What Environmental change and allele frequency means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Environmental change and allele frequency
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If the new phenotype is suited to an environmental change, the allele becomes more common in the population, and this can change the species relatively rapidly.
Topics that use Environmental change and allele frequency
- Variation (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- combination of genes and the environment
- Determine phenotype
- DNA and mutation
- environment
- Environmental variation
- Gametes
- Gene–environment interaction
- Genetic variation
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