Evolution

Evolution

Of or pertaining to the change in the genetic composition of a population during successive generations, as a result of natural selection acting on the genetic variation among individuals, and resulting in the development of new species.

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derived homology

Archaeology; Evolution

Homology that first evolved in the common ancestor of a set of species and is unique to those species. Compare with ancestral homology.

homeobox genes

Archaeology; Evolution

Homeobox genes are genes that contain "homeoboxes", and can regulate the expression of other genes. There are at least 24 homeobox genes, some but not all of which are also homeotic in their effect. ...

Lamarckian inheritance

Archaeology; Evolution

Historically misleading synonym for inheritance of acquired characteristics.

inheritance of acquired characters

Archaeology; Evolution

Historically influential but factually erroneous theory that an individual inherits characters that its parents acquired during their lifetimes.

nomadic

Archaeology; Evolution

Having to do with nomads, people who live in no fixed place but move in search of food or grazing land for their animals; of a wandering lifestyle.

diploid

Archaeology; Evolution

Having two sets of genes and two sets of chromosomes (one from the mother, one from the father). Many common species, including humans, are diploid. Compare with haploid and polyploid.