racial stratification
a system of stratification and inequality in which access to
racialization
the process by which individuals and groups of people are
racism
the use of race to establish and justify a social
recessive allele
an allele whose effect is masked by the other allele
RNA (Ribonucleic acid)
the molecule that functions to carry out the instructions for
selective pressure
environmental pressure on individuals within a population that results in
sickle cell allele
an allele of the hemoglobin locus. Individuals homozygous for this
single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP; pronounced “snip”)
a single base pair within a DNA sequence that can
slavery
an extreme form of human oppression whereby an individual may
social class
a social grouping of people based on common economic and
