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Archaeology
The scientific study of physical remains, whether monuments, artifacts or relics of past human life, cultures or activities.
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clone
Archaeology; Evolution
A set of genetically identical organisms asexually reproduced from one ancestral organism.
amino acid sequence
Archaeology; Evolution
A series of amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, usually coded for by DNA. Exceptions are those coded for by the RNA of certain viruses, such as HIV.
fermentation
Archaeology; Evolution
A series of reactions occurring under anaerobic conditions (lacking oxygen) in certain microorganisms (particularly yeasts) in which organic compounds such as glucose are ...
homeostasis (developmental)
Archaeology; Evolution
A self-regulating process in development, such that the organism grows up to have much the same form independent of the external influences it experiences while growing up.
pseudogene
Archaeology; Evolution
A sequence of nucleotides in the DNA that resembles a gene but is nonfunctional for some reason.
gene
Archaeology; Evolution
A sequence of nucleotides coding for a protein (or, in some cases, part of a protein); a unit of heredity.
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- Archaeobotany (69)
- Archaeology tools (308)
- Artifacts (109)
- Dig sites (82)
- Evolution (16298)
- General archaeology (5791)
- Human evolution (26719)
- Palaeoethnobotany (26)
- Zooarchaeology (28)