Evolution

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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Microbe

Archaeology; Evolution

A nonscientific and very general term, with no taxonomic significance, sometimes used to refer to microscopic (not visible to the unaided eye) organisms. The term often refers to bacteria or viruses ...

Eugenie C. Scott

Archaeology; Evolution

A human biologist specialising in medical anthropology and skeletal biology. As executive director of the National centre for Science Education, Scott is an advocate of church/state separation in ...

Antibiotic resistance

Archaeology; Evolution

A heritable trait in microorganisms that enables them to survive in the presence of an antibiotic.

Photoreceptor cell

Archaeology; Evolution

A cell, functionally part of the nervous system, that reacts to the presence of light. It usually contains a pigment that undergoes a chemical change when light is absorbed. This chemical change ...

Mitochondrion

Archaeology; Evolution

A kind of organelle in eukaryotic cells. Mitochondria produce enzymes to convert food to energy. They contain DNA coding for some mitochondrial proteins.

Marion Petrie

Archaeology; Evolution

A behavioural ecologist at the University of Newcastle in the U. K. , Dr. Petrie's research interests include the links between sexual selection and speciation, and how males and females assess ...

Richard Owen

Archaeology; Evolution

A 19th-century British comparative anatomist, who coined the word "dinosaur" to describe a breed of large, extinct reptiles. He was the first to propose that dinosaurs were a separate taxonomic ...