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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
Deletion (deficiency)
Archaeology; Human evolution
A chromosomal mutation resulting in the loss of a segment of the genetic material and the genetic information contained therein from a chromosome.
Silent mutation
Archaeology; Human evolution
A mutational change resulting in a protein with a wild-type function because of an unchanged amino acid sequence.
Steroid response element (REs)
Archaeology; Human evolution
The DNA sequence to which steroid hormones will bind to activate a gene.
Fall-off analysis
Archaeology; Human evolution
The study of regularities in the way in which quantities of traded items found in the archaeologicalrecord decline as the distance from the source increases. This may be plotted as a fall-off curve, ...
Sister chromatid
Archaeology; Human evolution
A chromatid derived from replication of one chromosome during interphase of the cell cycle.
Duplication
Archaeology; Human evolution
A chromosomal mutation that results in the doubling of a segment of a chromosome.
Juxtamastoid process
Archaeology; Human evolution
A name given to the process or processes just medial to the mastoid process, individually referred to as the paramastoid process and occipitomastoid crest.
