Anthropology #4
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- Genotypes of the ABO blood group
- AA, AO, BB, BO, OO, AB
- Phenotypes of the ABO blood group
- A, B, O, AB
- heterozygous advantage
- heterozygote has greatest fitness in malaria environment
- Alleles of the Rh blood group
- D, d
- Alleles of the ABO blood group
- A, B, O
- Genotypes of the Rh blood group
- DD, Dd, dd
- Rh blood group universal donor
- Rh-
- myelin
- fatty substances that sheaths neuronal axons, facilitating the transmission of electrical impulses along those axons
- language
- the unique system of communication used by the human species
- Phenotypes of the Rh blood group
- Rh+, Rh-
- homozygous
- having the same allele at the loci for a gene on both members of a pair of homologous chromosomes
- antigens
- Whole or part of an invading organism that prompts a response from the bodies immune system
- population
- an interbreeding group of organisms
- genetic markers
- traits whose genetic causation is known
- pathogens
- an organism and entity that can cause disease
- genotype
- the genetic makeup of an individual. can refer to the entire genetic complement or more narrowly to the alleles present at a specific locus on two homologous chromosomes
- heterozygous
- Having two different alleles at the loci for a gene on a pair of homologous chromosomes
- behavioral diseases
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- antibodies
- Proteins formed by the immune system that are specifically structured to bind to and neutrilize invading antigens
- acclimation
- respond pysiologically or behaviorally to a change in a single environmental factor
- Rh blood group universal recipient
- Rh+
- biomedical anthropology
- The subfield of biological anthropology concerned with health and ilness
- phenotype
- An observable or measurable feature of an organism
- epidemiology
- a branch of medicine that deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors
- adaptability
- The ability of an individual organism to make positive anatomical or physiological changes after short-period or long-period exposure to stressful environment conditions
- racism
- a prejudicial belief that members of one ethnic group are superior in some way to those of another
- heterozygous advantage
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