- Industry: Archaeology
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A heritable trait in which the mutant phenotype is sharply distinct from the alternative, wild-type phenotype.
Industry:Archaeology
A subdivision of a geological period (e.g., the Pliocene is an epoch in the Tertiary Period).
Industry:Archaeology
Covariation of features in populations because they share some genes. An association between the genes that determine two traits.
Industry:Archaeology
One or two or more alternative forms of a single gene locus. Different alleles of a gene each have a unique nucleotide sequence, and their activities are all concerned with the same biochemical and developmental process, although their individual phenotypes may differ.
Industry:Archaeology
The portion of the skull enclosing the brain, as distinct from the facial bones and the basicranium.
Industry:Archaeology
A distinct bump on the lateral face of the mastoid process, just behind the external auditory meatus. It is usually treated as a nonmetric trait.
Industry:Archaeology
A regional or interregional exchange system, e.g., the Hopewell interaction sphere.
Industry:Archaeology
Anatomical features for which the right and left sides are close to being mirror images of one another.
Industry:Archaeology
