genetic drift
a mechanism for evolutionary change resulting from the random fluctuations
genetics
the study of human heredity, its mechanisms and related biological
genome
one complete copy of all the genes and DNA for
genotype
the genetic endowment of an individual from the two alleles
HapMap
an international research effort to find genes associated with human
heritability
in biology, the proportion of variation of a trait due
heterozygous
the two alleles at a given locus are different.
holistic
the perspective that understanding human variation requires understanding how its
homozygous
both alleles at a given locus are identical.
human biological variation
refers to observable differences among individuals and groups that have
