- Branche: Archaeology
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The probability of a particular kind of mutation as a function of time.
Industry:Archaeology
A DNA sequence that is reiterated from a few to as many as 103 to 105 times in the genome.
Industry:Archaeology
A relative dating method which relies principally on measuring changes in the proportionalabundance, or frequency, observed among finds (e.g. counts of tool types, or of ceramic fabrics).
Industry:Archaeology
Any alternative to the wild-type allele of a gene. Mutant alleles may be dominant or recessive to wild-type alleles.
Industry:Archaeology
Little or no evolutionary change occurring over a long period of time; see also punctuated equilibrium.
Industry:Archaeology
The length of time in which one-half of the nuclei of an unstable isotope of an element decay into smaller nuclei (releasing energy).
Industry:Archaeology
Two crossovers occurring in a particular region of a chromosome in meiosis.
Industry:Archaeology
A hypothesis of genetic variation proposing that balancing selection maintains large amounts of genetic variation within populations.
Industry:Archaeology
A system whereby descent groups or other kin groups or other kin groups are linked by a rule or prescriptive or recurrent marriage so that the groups remain in an affinal relationship to one another across generations.
Industry:Archaeology
Depression on the distal femur in which the kneecap patella moves.
Industry:Archaeology
