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JustFound
GeneticFootprints
IntoAfrica
EndocrineSystem
Past toPresent
Final Question
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What population subgroup in Northwest Africa did Dr. Gibson obtain samples of blood from?
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Moroccan Amazighs
What population subgroup in Northwest Africa did Dr. Gibson obtain samples of blood from?
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What great apes have a genome that perfectly identifies with 96 percent of the human genome?
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Chimpanzees
What great apes have a genome that perfectly identifies with 96 percent of the human genome?
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What organisms act as part of our external immune system?
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Skin bacteria
What organisms act as part of our external immune system?
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Persons infected with P. vivax can get malaria again many months or years later because the parasite does what in the body?
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Lies dormant
Persons infected with P. vivax can get malaria again many months or years later because the parasite does what in the body?
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What essential body sugar molecules can also attract disease-causing microbes?
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Glycans
What essential body sugar molecules can also attract disease-causing microbes?
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What is often called the code of life?
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DNA
What is often called the code of life?
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What molecules are the building blocks of DNA?
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Nucleotides
What molecules are the building blocks of DNA?
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What is the term for the genetic information in an organism that is stored in the form of DNA?
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The genome
What is the term for the genetic information in an organism that is stored in the form of DNA?
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What field of science uses information from DNA and proteins to determine evolutionary links between populations?
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Molecular anthropology
What field of science uses information from DNA and proteins to determine evolutionary links between populations?
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What are the slight differences observed between the genomes of individuals and populations?
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Genetic variations
What are the slight differences observed between the genomes of individuals and populations?
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In Africa, what infectious disease spread by mosquitos kills a child every 30 seconds?
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Malaria
In Africa, what infectious disease spread by mosquitos kills a child every 30 seconds?
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What serious disease is often passed on to future generations because the gene that causes it also protects against malaria, giving carriers a survival advantage?
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Sickle cell disease
What serious disease is often passed on to future generations because the gene that causes it also protects against malaria, giving carriers a survival advantage?
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What term is used to describe the evolutionary race between two species that adapt and evolve in response to one another?
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Co-evolution
What term is used to describe the evolutionary race between two species that adapt and evolve in response to one another?
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G6PD provides protection against malaria but also causes what disorder?
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Anemia
G6PD provides protection against malaria but also causes what disorder?
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What cultural change occurred in East Africa between 3,000 and 7,000 years ago and coincided with development of a genetic variant for lactose tolerance?
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Domestication of cattle (or pastoralism)
What cultural change occurred in East Africa between 3,000 and 7,000 years ago and coincided with development of a genetic variant for lactose tolerance?
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What group of hormones includes estrogen and testosterone?
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Steroids
What group of hormones includes estrogen and testosterone?
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What hormone controls the human response to long-term stress?
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Cortisol
What hormone controls the human response to long-term stress?
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What does aldosterone regulate in humans and some four-legged animals?
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Salt and water balance
What does aldosterone regulate in humans and some four-legged animals?
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Hormones must latch onto what specific proteins on or inside cells to do their jobs?
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Receptors
Hormones must latch onto what specific proteins on or inside cells to do their jobs?
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Synthetic chemicals that mimic natural hormones and are associated with reproductive problems, impaired immune function, and various cancers are known as what?
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Synthetic chemicals that mimic natural hormones and are associated with reproductive problems, impaired immune function, and various cancers are known as what?
Endocrine disruptors
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What is Charles Darwin called the father of?
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Evolution
What is Charles Darwin called the father of?
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What is the process by which certain advantageous traits are passed to offspring?
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Natural selection
What is the process by which certain advantageous traits are passed to offspring?
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What is the name of the “family trees” that show varying degrees of relatedness between living creatures?
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Phylogenies
What is the name of the “family trees” that show varying degrees of relatedness between living creatures?
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Scientists can see how receptor proteins change shape with the help of what technique?
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Structural biology
Scientists can see how receptor proteins change shape with the help of what technique?
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The evolutionary process of molecular exploitation causes subtle modifications to occur in what?
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The evolutionary process of molecular exploitation causes subtle modifications to occur in what?
Hormones and receptors
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Final Question:
Adults who lack the enzyme lactase cannot digest what food product?
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Milk
Final Question:
Adults who lack the enzyme lactase cannot digest what food product?