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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Earlobes
The form of the earlobes varies in humans. At one extreme, the lowest point on the earlobe is attached to the flesh of the cheek. If not, the earlobe is to v...
What does it mean for a trait to be heritable?
Tall people tend to have tall parents. The height of the body, called stature, is one of the most obvious phenotypic traits in human populations. Anyone who ...