human organism

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• human genome — Introduction  all of the approximately three billion base pairs of deoxyribonucleic acid ( DNA) that make up the entire set of chromosomes (chromosome) of the human organism. The human genome includes the coding regions of DNA, which encode all… …   Universalium

• organism — noun (C) 1 an animal, plant, human, or any other living thing: the human organism | a microscopic organism living in the cow s stomach 2 a system made up of parts that are dependent on each other: A society is essentially an organism …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Human Genome Project — a federally funded U.S. scientific project to identify both the genes and the entire sequence of DNA base pairs that make up the human genome. [1985 90] * * * U.S. research effort initiated in 1990 by the U.S. Department of Energy and the… …   Universalium

• human body — Introduction       the physical substance of the human organism, composed of living cells and extracellular materials and organized into tissues, organs, and systems.       Human anatomy and physiology are treated in many different articles. For… …   Universalium

• Human body — The human body is the entire physical and mental structure of a human organism. The human body consists of a head, neck, torso, two arms and two legs. By the time the human reaches adulthood, the body consists of close to 100 trillion… …   Wikipedia

• Human Universals — Infobox Book | name = Human Universals title orig = translator = image caption = author = Donald Brown cover artist = country = United States of America language = English series = genre = Non fiction (Cultural anthropology) publisher = McGraw… …   Wikipedia

• Human genetic engineering — is the genetic engineering of humans by modifying the genotype of the unborn individual to control what traits it will possess when born. [Citation last = Singer first = Peter author link = last2 = Kuhese first2 = Helga author2 link = title =… …   Wikipedia

• Human behavioral ecology — (HBE) or human evolutionary ecology applies the principles of evolutionary theory and optimization to the study of human behavioral and cultural diversity. HBE examines the adaptive design of traits, behaviors, and life histories of humans in an… …   Wikipedia

• Human mortality from H5N1 — or the human fatality ratio from H5N1 or the case fatality rate of H5N1 refer to the ratio of the number of confirmed human deaths resulting from confirmed cases of transmission and infection of H5N1 to the number of those confirmed cases. For… …   Wikipedia

• Human genetics — describes the study of inheritance as it occurs in human beings. Human genetics encompasses a variety of overlapping fields including: classical genetics, cytogenetics, molecular genetics, biochemical genetics, genomics, population genetics,… …   Wikipedia

• Human ecosystem — Human ecosystems are complex cybernetic systems that are increasingly being used by ecological anthropologists and other scholars to examine the ecological aspects of human communities in a way that integrates multiple factors as economics, socio …   Wikipedia