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Anthropology

The study of human beings and human ancestors through time. Focuses on relation to physical characteristics, environmental effects, social relations and culture. The science of humans.

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homozygous recessive

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Having two recessive alleles of the same gene.

homozygous

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Having two like alleles of a particular gene; homozygous dominant when the allele is dominant and homozygous recessive when the allele is recessive.

homozygous dominant

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Having two dominant alleles of the same gene.

hyperplasia

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Growth by virtue of an increase in the total number of cells resulting from mitosis.

hypertrophy

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Growth by virtue of an increase in the size of cells.

semantic domains

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Groups of related categories of meaning in a language.

provisionized colony

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Groups of free-ranging primates that have become accustomed to humans because of the establishment of feeding stations.