A2 Biology Handwritten Notes 2016






Hey guys, so here are the notes I've written for A2 Biology 2016 papers 4 and 5. There are parts where I've written in pencil so it's fairly hard to read, or other places where I've condensed the words too much with symbols, so it probably isn't easy for other people to understand. But if this poses useful to you any bit at all, I'd be happy to share it :)

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