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21 Cards in this Set
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Human genome
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The genetic information encoded in the DNA of each individual.
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Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)
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Differences in DNA that are restricted to one nucleotide.
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Population
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In genetics, a group of potentially interbreeding individuals within a species.
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Genetic Adaptation
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A change that has been selected over a long period of time and is part of the genetic heritage of a population.
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Developmental adaptation
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Gradual physiological change in response to environmental stresses during human growth.
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Hyperthermia
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Abnormally and destructively high body temperature.
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Hypothermia
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Abnormally and destructively low body temperature.
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Bergmann's Rule
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The generalization that members of cold-climate-adapted populations tend to have wider and shorter bodies than members of tropical-climate-adapted populations.
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Allen's Rule
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The generalization that members of cold-climate-adapted tend to have shorter arms and legs, relative to their heigh, than members of tropical-climate-adapted populations.
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Hypoxia
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Too little oxygen
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Melanin
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The pigment largely responsible for human skin color.
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Kleiber's Law
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The generalization that animals with larger bodies have proportionally lower metabolic rates than smaller animals.
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Lactase impersistence
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The inability to digest lactose in adulthood.
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Lactase persistence
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The ability to digest lactose in adulthood.
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Sickle-cell syndrome
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A group of genetic disorders due to abnormal hemoglobin.
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Down syndrome
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A cytogenetic disorder caused by abnormal meiotic cell division that results in an additional chromosome 21. Also called DS and trisomy 21.
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Discordance hypothesis
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The hypothesis that humans are biologically adapted to a paleolithic lifestyle and maladapted to a modern lifestyle.
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Tuberclosis (TB)
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A mycobacterial infection of the soft or skeletal tissues.
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Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB)
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One of several new strains of TB that are resistant to treatment by conventional drugs.
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Extensively drug-resistant turberculosis (XDRTB)
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Recent variants of tuberculosis that are resistant to first-line and second-line drugs.
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Anemia
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Low numbers of normal blood cells.
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