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Cultural anthropology
Of or pertaining to the branch of anthropology that examines culture as a scientifically meaningful concept.
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Recessive
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A genetically determined characteristic that is expressed only in the homozygous recessive condition.
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A genetic disease, inherited as a recessive, brought about by the absence of the enzyme responsible for the conversion of the amino acid phenylalanine to tyrosine. Phenylalanine accumulates in the ...
Turner's syndrome
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A genetic disease characterised by forty-five chromosomes with a sex chromosome count of x-; phenotypically female, but sterile.
Economic class
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A group that is defined by the economic position of its members in relation to the means of production in the society--the wealth and relative economic control they may command.
Paleospecies
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A group of similar fossils whose range of morphological variation does not exceed the range of variation of a closely related living species.
Patriclan
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A group that claims but cannot brace their descent through the male line from a common male ancestor.
Taxon
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A group of organisms at any level of the taxonomic hierarchy. The major taxa are the species and genus and the higher taxa, including the family, order, class, phylum, and kingdom.
