- Industry: Archaeology
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An igneous rock consisting of coarse mineral grains scattered through a mixture of fine mineral grains.
Industry:Archaeology
In taxonomy, a statement of the characters that uniquely distinguish a taxon from other taxa.
Industry:Archaeology
An important source of information on the reconstruction of prehistoric diets, this technique analyses the ratios of the principle isotopes preserved in human bone; in effect the method reads the chemical signatures left in the body by different foods. Isotopic analysis is also used in characterization studies.
Industry:Archaeology
The inactivation of an inducible bacterial operon in the presence of glucose even though the operon's inducer is present.
Industry:Archaeology
Chromatin that remains condensed throughout the cell cycle and is generally inactive.
Industry:Archaeology
Spherical, rod-shaped, or spiral-shaped, single-cellular or multi-cellular, filamentous prokaryotic organisms.
Industry:Archaeology
A defined unit of rock within a stratigraphic section at the given locality.
Industry:Archaeology
A protein molecule that recognizes and binds to a foreign substance introduced into the organism.
Industry:Archaeology
