- Branche: Archaeology
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A mechanism for evolutionary change caused by the random fluctuations of gene frequencies from one generation to the next, or from any form of random sampling from a gene pool. Any change in gene frequency due to chance in a population.
Industry:Archaeology
A term used to describe a social grouping generally larger than a band, but rarely outnumbering more than a few thousand; unlike bands, tribes are usually settled farmers, though they also include nomadic pastoral groups whose economy is based on exploitation of livestock. Individual communities tend to be integrated into the larger society through kinship ties.
Industry:Archaeology
Enzymes important for analyzing DNA and for constructing recombinant DNA molecules because of their ability to cleave double-stranded DNA molecules at specific nucleotide pair sequences.
Industry:Archaeology
The basic structural unit of eukaryotic nuclear chromosomes, consisting of two molecules each of the four core histones (H2A, H2B, H3, and H4, the histone octamer), a single molecule of the linker histone H1, and about 180 bp of DNA.
Industry:Archaeology
A small molecule involved in the control of expression of many regulated genes.
Industry:Archaeology
Movement of a body's limb towards the midline, or of a digit toward the long axis of a limb.
Industry:Archaeology
