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Evolution
Of or pertaining to the change in the genetic composition of a population during successive generations, as a result of natural selection acting on the genetic variation among individuals, and resulting in the development of new species.
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Evolution
Founder effect
Archaeology; Evolution
The loss of genetic variation when a new colony is formed by a very small number of individuals from a larger population.
Electrophoresis
Archaeology; Evolution
The method of distinguishing entities according to their motility in an electric field. In evolutionary biology, it has been mainly used to distinguish different forms of proteins. The ...
Mendelian inheritance
Archaeology; Evolution
The mode of inheritance of all diploid species, and therefore of nearly all multicellular organisms. Inheritance is controlled by genes, which are passed on to the offspring in the same form as they ...
Gene flow
Archaeology; Evolution
The movement of genes into or through a population by interbreeding or by migration and interbreeding.
Common ancestor
Archaeology; Evolution
The most recent ancestral form or species from which two different species evolved.
Ribosomal RNA (rRNA)
Archaeology; Evolution
The kind of RNA that constitutes the ribosomes and provides the site for translation.
Heterogametic
Archaeology; Evolution
The sex with two different sex chromosomes (males in mammals, because they are XY). Compare with homogametic.
