Anthropology 105, lecture 8: Ears
This lecture uses the auditory system to illustrate Mendelian inheritance. First the earlobes – a classic example in teaching laboratories, where attached ea...
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A story of methemoglobinemia
A story by Susan Donaldson James of a unique genetic disorder and the social stigma of inbreeding in Appalachia: “Fugates of Kentucky: Skin Bluer than Lake L...
Genetic variation and the Hardy-Weinberg proportions
The fundamental information about genetics for any individual is her genotype — the alleles that she has. But genes in populations can be considered in other...