- Industry: Archaeology
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One of three main parts of the mRNA molecule. The leader sequence is located on the 5' end of the mRNA molecule and contains the coded information that the ribosome and special proteins read to tell it where to begin the synthesis of the polypeptide.
Industry:Archaeology
Study of the processes that effect the remains of organisms from the death of an organism through its fossilization.
Industry:Archaeology
The point at the top of the head where the coronal and sagittal sutures of the skull meet, or where the two parietal bones meet with the frontal.
Industry:Archaeology
A diploid organism that has the same dominant allele for a given gene locus on both members of a homologous pair of chromosomes.
Industry:Archaeology
A rare event in which sister chromatids (in mitosis) or chromosomes contained in pairing configurations (in meiosis) fail to be distributed to opposite poles.
Industry:Archaeology
An unmodified piece of rock known to be carried to a locality by a hominid because it could not have gotten there naturally.
Industry:Archaeology
Joint depression in the os coxa into which the head of the femur fits, the socket in the ball-in-socket hip joint. The three bones of the os coxa (ilium, ischium, pubis) meet in the acetabulum.
Industry:Archaeology
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
