- Industry: Archaeology
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An enzyme that catalyzes the unwinding of the DNA double helix during replication in E. coli; product of the rep gene.
Industry:Archaeology
An enzyme that splices together the RNA pieces once the intervening sequence is removed from the pre-tRNA.
Industry:Archaeology
An event occurring when the two X chromosomes fail to separate in meiosis so that eggs are produced either with two X chromosomes or with no X chromosomes, instead of the usual one X chromosome.
Industry:Archaeology
An excavation technique developed by Mortimer Wheeler from the work of Pitt-Rivers, involving the retaining of intact baulks of earth between excavation grid squares, so that different layers can be correlated across the site in the vertical profiles.
Industry:Archaeology
An index obtained by expressing a diameter (or circumference) of a bone in terms of its length.
Industry:Archaeology
An interbreeding group of individuals sharing a common gene pool; the basic unit of study in population genetics.
Industry:Archaeology
An Old World chronological period beginning around 10,000 years ago, situated between the Paleolithic and Neolithic, and associated with the rise to dominance of microliths.
Industry:Archaeology
An Old World chronological period characterized by the development of agriculture and, hence, an increasing emphasis on sedentism.
Industry:Archaeology
Artifacts made of bone, tooth, or horn, as in the Osteodontokeratic "culture" of the Makapansgat australopithecines.
Industry:Archaeology
