- Branche: Archaeology
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A mutation that affects an organism's ability to make a particular molecule essential for growth.
Industry:Archaeology
A volcanic rock formed into natural glass. This rock is usually black but may be found in greenish and reddish colors or banded.
Industry:Archaeology
Generally, the effect of size on shape. Specifically, any relationship of anatomical variables that fits the equation Y = AXk (A is a constant, the exponent k the coefficient of allometry).
Industry:Archaeology
The dispersed families of repeated sequences in mammals that are several thousand base pairs in length and occur >20,000 times in the genome.
Industry:Archaeology
The study of humanity - our physical characteristics as animals, and our non-biological characteristics collectively referred to as culture. The subject is traditionally broken down into four sub-disciplines: biological (physical) anthropology, cultural (social) anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics.
Industry:Archaeology
A characteristic under control of the genes that is transmitted from one generation to another.
Industry:Archaeology
A mutation that affects the morphology or physical appearance of an organism.
Industry:Archaeology