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A procedure in which a sample of amniotic sac fluid is withdrawn from the amniotic sac of a developing fetus and cells are cultured and examined for chromosomal abnormalities.
Industry:Archaeology
Sometimes referred to as zooarchaeology, this involves the identification and analysis of faunal species from archaeological sites, as an aid to the reconstruction of human diets and to the understanding of the contemporary environment at the time of deposition.
Industry:Archaeology
A process by which bacteriophages mediate the transfer of bacterial genetic information from one bacterium (the donor) to another (the recipient); a process whereby pieces of bacterial DNA are carried between bacterial strains by a phage.
Industry:Archaeology
A process by which parents with different genetic characters give rise to progeny so that genes in which the parents differed are associated in new combinations. For example, from A B to a b the recombinants A b and a B are produced.
Industry:Archaeology
A stage during which the migration of the daughter chromosomes to the two poles is completed.
Industry:Archaeology
An enzyme that catalyzes the degradation of DNA to nucleotides.
Industry:Archaeology
In living animals a group of populations (Biological species) that can actually or potentially interbreed and have fertile offspring, and are reproductively isolated from other species. Also see Evolutionary, Genealogical, Morpho-, and Phylogenetic species.
Industry:Archaeology
