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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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Human evolution
Okazaki fragments
Archaeology; Human evolution
Relatively short, single-stranded DNA fragments of DNA replication, discontinuous, which synthesized DNA replication and the Covalent link later joined the continuous strand.
Turner syndrome
Archaeology; Human evolution
A human clinical syndrome that results from monosomy for the X chromosome in the female, which gives a 45,X female. These females fail to develop secondary sexual characteristics, tend to be short, ...
Punnett square
Archaeology; Human evolution
A matrix that describes all the possible genetic fusions that will give rise to the zygotes that will produce the next generation.
Pilastric Index
Archaeology; Human evolution
A measure of shape at the midshaft of the femur, determined by dividing the anterior-posterior length by the transverse breadth.
Broca's area
Archaeology; Human evolution
A cortical region of the human brain located on the side of the frontal lobe, just above the temporal lobe (directly beneath a finger placed at the temple). This area is important in speech ...
Discontinuous DNA replication
Archaeology; Human evolution
A DNA replication involving the synthesis of short DNA segments, which are subsequently linked to form a long polynucleotide chain.
Hardy-Weinberg law (Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, Hardy-Weinberg law of genetic equilibrium)
Archaeology; Human evolution
A extension of Mendel's laws of inheritance that describes the expected relationship between gene frequencies in natural populations and the frequencies of individuals of various genotypes in the ...
