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Natural Selection

Mutation leads to the formation of new alleles.Sexual reproduction leads to intraspecific variation.All organisms experience selection pressures.These are factors in the environment that will affect the chances of survival or reproductive success.Natural selection will favour advantageous alleles and lead to an increase in allele frequency over many generations as the allele is more likely to be passed to offspring.

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Specification: OCR Biology A (H020), AS-level, 4.2.2 Classification and evolution. Topic: Classification and Evolution.

Key terms in this lesson

pathogen
A microorganism that causes disease.
antigen
A molecule, usually a protein, on the surface of a cell or pathogen that triggers an immune response.
antibody
A Y-shaped protein (immunoglobulin) produced by B plasma cells that binds specifically to a particular antigen.

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