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Linguistic Anthropology

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study of language, how language is structured, evolution of language

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Cultural Anthropology

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study of cultures and societies of human beings and their very recent past

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Archaeology

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the study of past societies and their cultures, especially the material remains of the past, such as tools, food remains, and places where people lived

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Physical Anthropology

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study of human evolution and variation, both past and current

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Forensic Anthropology

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scientific explanation of skeletons in hope of identifying the people whose body they came from

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Primatology

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study of nonhuman primates

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Paleoanthropology

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study of ancient humans

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Natural Selection

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organisms with certain features that help them survive, will reproduce with those features to make more of them. Nature selects individuals–the hairier or the long fingered or the 6th fingered or the heavy beaked… but overall, the population CHANGES. Works on the individual.

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Sexual Selection

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frequency of traits that change due to those traits attractiveness to members of the opposite sex

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Lamarck

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proposed theory of evolution through the inheritance of acquired characteristics in which an organism can pass on acquired traits during its lifetime. When life-forms reproduce, they pass on to their offspring the modifications they have acquired to that point.

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Thomas Malthus

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founded demography - only some will find enough food to survive

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Linnaeus

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responsible for higher classification of species (genus)

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Rosalind Franklin

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X-ray diffraction, he produced high quality images

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Scientific Method

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gather data, make hypothesis, test, conclude

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Amino Acids

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molecules combined to form a protein.

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Autosomes

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all chromosomes, except sex, that occurs in pairs in somatic cell

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DNA

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double-stranded molecule that provides the genetic code for an organ consisting of phosphate, deoxyribose, sugar, and 4 types of nitrogen

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Genetics/gene

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the basic unit of inheritance, a sequence of DNA on a chromosome coded to produce a specific protein

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Homologous chromosome

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each pair of chromosomes has the same genes, but the pair may have different alleles for specific genes

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Meiosis

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division of sex cells

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Mitosis

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division of somatic cells

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Mitochondrial DNA

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a kind of miniature chromosomes containing 37 genes from the mother

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Mutation

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random change in a gene or chromosome, creating a new trait that may be advantageous, deleterious, or neutral in its effects on the organism

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Nondisjunction

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failure of chromosomes to properly segregate during meiosis, creating same gametes w/abnormal numbers of chromosomes. Cell divides incorrectly, end up with extra chromosome

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Nucleotide
building block of RNA & DNA, comprised of sugar, a phosphate group, and one of the 4 nitrogen bases
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Nucleus
a membrane bound structure in eukaryotic cells that contains the genetic material
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Protein Synthesis (2 steps)
- Transcription: creation mRNA based on the DNA template | - Translation: transfer of amino acids by tRNA to the ribosomes which are then added to the protein chain
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Ribosomes
the organelles attached to the surface of endoplasmic reticulum. The site of protein synthesis
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Recombination
the exchange of genetic material between homologous chromosomes
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Replication
process of copying nucleus DNA prior to cell division so that each new daughter cell receives or completes compliment of DNA
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Sex Chromosomes
the pair of chromosomes that determine an organism's biological sex
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Sickle Cell Anemia
a genetic blood disease in which the red blood cells become deformed and sickle-shaped, decreasing their ability to carry oxygen to tissues
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Tay Sachs
occurs when the body lacks hexosaminidase A, a protein called gangliosides. common in the Jewish population, disease of the nervous system.
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Somatic Cells
diploid cells that form the organs, tissues, and other parts of an organism's body
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Cytoplasm
the jelly-like substance inside the cell membrane that surrounds the nucleus and in which the organelles are suspended
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X chromosomes
larger of the two, contains genetic material that determines both male and female characteristics
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Y chromosomes
contains a small amount of genetic material, which determines only male characteristics. passed from father to son
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Monogenic
involving or controlled by a single gene. For example: ear lobes, earwax, hitch hikers thumb.
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Polygenic
refers to one phenotypic trait that is affected by two or more genes. For example: skin pigment, eye color.
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Dominant
refers to an allele that is expressed in an organism's phenotype and that simultaneously masks the effects of another allele, if another one is present
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Codominance
refers to two different alleles that are equally dominant; both are fully expressed in a heterozygygote's phenotype
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Sex cells/Gametes
sexual reproductive cells, ova, and sperm that have a haploid number of chromosome and that can unite with a gamete of the opposite sex to form a new organism
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Genotypes
the genetic makeup of an organism; the combination of alleles of a given gene
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Hemizygous
not having a homologue, not paired in a diploid cell. This is how we refer to the XY of males--they can never be homozygous for recessive traits and so they are hemi (half) zygous and therefore express ALL x-linked recessive traits.
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Heterozygous
refers to the condition in which a pair of alleles at a single locus on homologous chromosomes are different
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Homozygous
refers to the condition in which a pair of alleles at a single locus on homologous chromosomes are the same
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Phenotypes
the physical expression of the genotype; it may be influenced by the environment
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Principle of Independent Assortment
genes are inherited differently from one another (assorted independently). Each physical unit (gene) passes from parent to offspring independent of other physical units.
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Principle of Segregation
genes occur in pairs, during meiosis genes separate or segregate, at fertilization the full compliment is restored. This is how we begin with 46 chromosomes but during gamete production they split and segregate into different sex cells
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Punnett Squares
shows possible gene/allele combinations
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Recessive
An allele that is expressed in an organism's phenotype if two copies are present, but is masked if the dominant allele is present
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Fitness
average number of offspring produced by parents with a particular genotype compared to the number of offspring produced by parents with another genotype. Survivability of traits
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Founder's Effect
will express positive and negative traits. Genes you start off with will or what will be passed down. Genes in a founding population
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Pre-scientific ideas
ideas about things being structured by belief, don't rely on imperialism

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