Glossary

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a
ABO blood system
abolition
acculturation
Affirmative Action
African replacement model
allele
Allen's rule
anthropology
anthropometrics
anti-miscegenation laws
anti-Semitism
applied anthropology
archaeology
assimilation

b
base pairs
behaviorism
Bergmann's rule
bicultural approach
biological anthropology
biological determinism
Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich (1752-1840)

c
caste system
Caucasian
cell
census
chromosome
Civil Rights movement
classification
cline
codominant
complex trait
continuous trait
creationism
cross-cultural comparison
cultural anthropology
cultural construct
cultural determinism
cultural relativism or cultural relativity
culture
culture shock

d
discordance
discrete trait
discrimination
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
dominant allele
double helix

e
Emancipation
essentialism
ethnicity
ethnocentrism
ethnography
eugenics
evolution
evolutionary forces
exogamy

f
fieldwork
founder effect

g
gene
gene flow
genetic distance
genetic drift
genetics
genome
genotype

h
HapMap
heritability
heterozygous
holistic
homozygous
human biological variation
Human Genome Project
human variation
hypothesis

i
immigration
institutional racism
intelligence
intelligent design creationism
interfertility

l
linguistic anthropology
linguistics
Linnaeus, Carolus (1707-1778)
locus

m
macroevolution
malaria
Mendelian genetics
meritocracy
microevolution
mitochondrial DNA
monogeny
Mulatto
multiregional evolution model
mutation

n
natural selection
nonconcordance
nonrandom mating

p
phenotype
philology
physical anthropology
physiology
polygenic
polygeny
polymorphism
polytypic
populational model
primary African origin model

r
race
racial classification
racial endogamy
racial identity
racial profiling
racial stratification
racialization
racism
recessive allele
RNA (Ribonucleic acid)

s
selective pressure
sickle cell allele
single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP; pronounced "snip")
slavery
social class
stereotype
stratification
subspecies
symbol

t
taxonomy
trait
typological model

u
universalism

w
white privilege
Whiteness studies

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