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Inheritance, variation and evolution
GCSE Biology knowledge mat

From One Molecule to a New Species

How a molecule copied base by base ends up changing a whole population, and the evidence that it does. Seven dates across the top, from Linnaeus to the Human Genome Project; DNA and the genome; predicting a cross with a Punnett square; variation, mutation and selection under Gould’s finches; the four people a GCSE answer needs; the evidence, from fossils to MRSA, and what changes when humans do the selecting. Twelve terms to define, a model answer on antibiotic resistance, and the misconceptions that cost marks.

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    One landscape A4 page on one topic, led by the figures and photographs rather than the headings. It carries DNA and the genome, a worked Punnett square, variation and selection, the four scientists, and the evidence from fossils to MRSA to genetic engineering, then the vocabulary, a worked exam-style answer and the misconceptions that cost marks.

    Every photograph on the sheet is a real archival or scientific image, not an illustration and not AI-generated; every diagram is drawn in code for the sheet. Each image was checked against its own licence template rather than a label, and the running foot names every creator, states that the images have been cropped and adjusted for print, and links the licence, so the sheet can be photocopied for a class and stay compliant. Every claim is sourced to the DfE subject content, and nothing is reproduced from a past paper, a textbook or a specification.

    Sold by subject: all four biology sheets for one price. A knowledge organiser stores a unit and is revised from afterwards; this is meant to be on the table while the work is happening.

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    The DfE GCSE subject content for biology (DFE-00352-2014). Every photograph is a sourced archival or scientific image, licensed for reuse and credited on the sheet; every diagram is drawn in code for the sheet
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    biology teachers. On the desk during the lesson, not a student revision guide
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    One landscape A4 sheet · 9 sections

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    01Seven dates, and the gap that matters
    02DNA, genes and the genome
    03Inheritance: predicting a cross
    04Variation, mutation and selection
    05Four people a GCSE answer needs
    06The evidence — and what changes when humans do the selecting
    07Glossary
    08Use this mat
    09Common misconceptions
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