ISS 210 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Hominini, Evolution, Dna
20 Nov 2018
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Biological determinism: cultural and biological variations are inherited in the same way. Eugenics: race improvement through forced sterilization of members of some groups and encouraged reproduction among others. From categorization of visible phenotypic variation (typology) to the explanation of how differences in allele frequencies have resulted from biocultural processes. Humans live in cultural environments that are continually modified by their activities. Evolutionary processes can be understood only within this cultural context. Cline: gradual change in the frequency of a trait or allele in populations dispersed over geographical space. Example: distribution of the a and b alleles in the old world. Microsatellites: sites where dna segments are repeated. Population genetics: study of the frequency of alleles, genotypes, and phenotypes in populations from a microevolutionary perspective. Gene pool: total complement of genes shared by the reproductive members of a population. Breeding isolates: populations isolated geographically and/or socially from other breeding groups.
