Define the discipline of anthropology

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Answer the following questions:

1. Define the discipline of anthropology

2. Characterize the goals, methods and subfields of Biological (Physical Anthropology)

3. Explain the value, process and stages of the scientific method

4. Articulate the difference between a scientific theory and a hypothesis, and give examples of each

5. Recognize that cells are the basic building blocks of biological life.

6. Name the parts of a eukaryotic cell, and identify their primary functions: cell membrane, nucleus, organelle, mitochondria.

7. Describe the basic function and structure of DNA, including the principle of complementary base pairs (A-T, C-G)

8. Explain the process of DNA replication, and compare/contrast mitosis and meiosis, and the role of meiosis in evolution.

9. Describe how the genetic information found in DNA is organized into chromosomes (and name the number of each kind in the human body)

10. Explain how sex is determined in humans (mammals) at a chromosomal level.

11. Identify, define & apply the following concepts:

  • cell
  • prokaryote
  • eukaryote
  • nucleus
  • DNA
  • nitrogen base pairs: adenine+thymine; guanine+cytosine
  • organelle
  • mitochondria
  • chromosome
  • autosome
  • sex chromosome (X and Y)
  • homologous pair of chromosomes
  • gene
  • allele
  • karyotype
  • somatic cell vs. gamete
  • mitosis vs. meiosis
  • crossing over and genetic recombination

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