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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Transduction

Archaeology; Human evolution

A process by which bacteriophages mediate the transfer of bacterial genetic information from one bacterium (the donor) to another (the recipient); a process whereby pieces of bacterial DNA are ...

Aminoacyl-trna synthetase

Archaeology; Human evolution

An enzyme that catalyses the addition of a specific amino acid to a tRNA molecule. Since there are 20 amino acids, there are also 20 synthetases.

Proband

Archaeology; Human evolution

In human genetics, an affected person, with whom the study of a character in a family begins.

Transversion mutation

Archaeology; Human evolution

A specific type of base-pair substitution mutation that involves a change in the DNA from a purine-pyrimidine base pair to a pyrimidine-purine base pair at the same site (e.g., At to TA or GC to TA).