- Industry: Archaeology
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The intimate association of homologous chromosomes brought about by the formation of a zipperlike structure along the length of the chromatids called the synaptonemal complex.
Industry:Archaeology
A subdiscipline of anthropology dealing with the study of human biological or physical characteristics and their evolution.
Industry:Archaeology
A discrete structure within the cell that is bounded by a nuclear membrane. It contains most of the genetic material of the cell.
Industry:Archaeology
A subdiscipline of anthropology involving the study of the human past through its material remains.
Industry:Archaeology
One of two long bones of the forearm, on the thumb side, which rotates against the ulna so that its lower end, the hand, can be turned.
Industry:Archaeology
Tailbone; made up of the caudal vertebrae, it is most often fused into a single unit.
Industry:Archaeology
One or two or more alternative forms of a single gene locus. Different alleles of a gene each have a unique nucleotide sequence, and their activities are all concerned with the same biochemical and developmental process, although their individual phenotypes may differ.
Industry:Archaeology
Anatomical features for which the right and left sides are close to being mirror images of one another.
Industry:Archaeology