Cultural anthropology

Cultural anthropology

Of or pertaining to the branch of anthropology that examines culture as a scientifically meaningful concept.

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Reproductive isolating mechanism

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A mechanism that prevents reproduction from occurring between two populations.

Recombination

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A mechanism of meiosis responsible for each gamete's uniqueness. As the chromosomes line up in metaphase, they can combine into several configurations.

Reproductive risk

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A measure expressed in terms of the number of zygotes needed from a mating pair to produce two offspring that will in turn reproduce.

Great English vowel shift

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A linguistic change during the middle English period, when speakers of English began to alter the sounds of vowels, eventually changing all vowel sounds in the language.