This A-level magazine makes cutting-edge biology research accessible and relevant for students, supporting them to get their best grade. Featuring the latest thinking on advanced topics, Biological Sciences Review aims to challenge students and increase their confidence with data, technical terms, practical experiments and exam skills.

Contents

Your microbiome: what it is and why it matters
Elle Lindsay

The Atlantic ghost crab
Martin Rowland and Geremis Luces

Vital statistics
Distributions and descriptive statistics
Robert Spooner

Upgrade
New terms for a new term
Martin Rowland

Melanism and morphs: the genetics behind the peppered moth story
Tom Parry

Saffron
Peter Gould and Liz Sheffield

Using insects to protect crops: biological control of aphids
Lucy Alford

Spotlight
The life cycle of a honeybee queen
Leo Gamberini

Prospects
Becoming a patent attorney
Dean Houston

Could rabies be eliminated? How to eradicate a disease
Sarah Cleaveland

Impact
Alien invaders: a tale of two crayfish
Zara Gladman

Images of biology
Bee-eaters in aerial combat
Rob Beynon and Jane Hurst