Human evolution

Human evolution

Otherwise known as anthropogeny; anything of or relating to the study of the origin and evolution of Homo sapiens as a distinct species from other hominids, great apes and placental mammals.

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Plaque

Archaeology; Human evolution

A round, clear area in a lawn of bacteria on solid medium that results from the lysis of cells by repeated cycles of phage lytic growth.

Mutagen

Archaeology; Human evolution

Any physical or chemical agent that significantly increases the frequency of mutational events above a spontaneous mutation rate.

One gene-one polypeptide hypothesis

Archaeology; Human evolution

Updated version of the one gene-one enzyme hypothesis, which states that each gene controls the synthesis of a polypeptide chain.

A large cell produced by the primary oocyte. In the ovaries of female animals the diploid primary oocyte goes through meiosis I and unequal cytokinesis to produce two cells; the large cell is called ...