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A change in the phenotypic effect of one or more genes as a result of a change in their position in the genome.
Industry:Archaeology
A mutation in a cell that produces a mutant spot or area, but the mutant characteristic is not passed on to the succeeding generation.
Industry:Archaeology
A viral gene that transforms a cell it infects to a cancerous state. See also cellular oncogene; oncogenesis.
Industry:Archaeology
Generalized term for a sandstone that has been recrystallized or cemented (see orthoquartzite and metaquartzite).
Industry:Archaeology
Refers to the size, shape, and relationship of individual particles in a rock.
Industry:Archaeology
The dislinking of co-adapted alleles (alleles with interdependent frequencies) due to random fluctuations because of small population effects during peripatric speciation, followed by the establishment of new co-adapted allele systems.
Industry:Archaeology
The study of how genealogical relationships can be determined from morphological similarities that are homologous.
Industry:Archaeology