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Scientific advance — OCR GCSE Biology B Definition | GradeGen

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Scientific advance

GCSE Biology · key term

Scientific advance

Definition

A development in scientific knowledge, methods or understanding.

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OCR GCSE Biology B · J257

Paper 1 (Foundation), Paper 2 (Foundation), Paper 3 (Higher), Paper 4 (Higher)

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OCR Biology B past papers

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