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A hairless patch of skin between the nose and upper lip that is kept moist to enhance the sense of smell.
Industry:Archaeology
A subdiscipline of anthropology concerned with the non-biological, behavioral aspects of society; i.e. the social, linguistic, and technological components underlying human behavior. Two important branches of cultural anthropology are ethnography (the study of living cultures) and ethnology (which attempts to compare cultures using ethnographic evidence). In Europe, it is referred to as social anthropology.
Industry:Archaeology
Consensus sequecnes found in the promoter region of the transcription initiation site. The elements are the TATA box (or Goldberg-Hogness box), CAT element, and the GC element.
Industry:Archaeology
One of three types of tetrads possible when two genes are segregating in a cross. The NPD tetrad contains four nuclei, all of which have recombinant (non-parental) genotypes, that is, two of each possible type.
Industry:Archaeology
The point on the midline where the two nasal bones and the frontal come together.
Industry:Archaeology
A diploid organism that has the same recessive allele for a given gene locus on both members of a homologous pair of chromosomes.
Industry:Archaeology
A ratio calculated by determining the number of polymorphic loci and dividing by the total number of loci examined.
Industry:Archaeology
An unusually sharp-edged stone fragmented, struck, or pressured off of a core (a larger rock ornodule). See detached piece.
Industry:Archaeology
Joint for the mandibular articulation with the skull, a depression on the base of the temporal bone, just in front of the ear opening, into which the mandibular condyles fit.
Industry:Archaeology
