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Anthropology
Undergraduate 1
09/19/2010

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Natural Selection
Definition
Reproduction of the Fittest
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Gene Flow
Definition
Movement of Genes between a population
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Mutation
Definition
Change in Genetic Material
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Genetic Drift
Definition
The change in the frequency of a gene allel in a population
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AR Wallace
Definition
came up with natural selection and contacted darwin.
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Dominance
Definition
The traits that have the abillity to mask another trait
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Receessiveness
Definition
the trait that can be masked
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Codominance
Definition
2 traits are dominant, and they both show up in phenotyped
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Genotype
Definition
Gentic Coding
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Phenotype
Definition
Physical Expression of a trait
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Mendel
Definition
was the first to apply satisitics to inheritance
was able to prove the blending theory was wrong
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Pedigree Chart
Definition
a diagram that shows the occurrence and appearance or phenotypes of a particular gene or organism and its ancestors from one generation
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Catastrophism
Definition
a series of catorshtop events wiped out species and is the reason for them being extinct
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Natural Experiment
Definition
No control over variables
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Controlled Experiment
Definition
Usually done in a lab, the researcher can change one variable to see its effects on another variable
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Scientific Method
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How scientist arrange their work by examining events that are repeatable
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Polygenic
Definition
Traits that are continuous [ not present or absent]
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Pleiotrophy
Definition
One Gene That affects many traits
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How many pairs of chromosomes are in the cells
Definition
23 pairs
22 pairs of autosomes
1 pair of sex choromomes
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Antorpolgy
Definition
Study of the entity of a human
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4 sub disciples of Anthropology
Definition
Archaeology, biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology
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DNA Bases
Definition
Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine
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RNA bases
Definition
Uracil Thymine Cytosine Guanine
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