pituitary dwarfism. caused by hyposecretion of growth hormone by pituitary gland at an early age, it slows growth and causes short and proportional stature; it is a congenital condition that can be treated during childhood with growth hormone therapy.aused by hyposecretion of growth hormone by pituitary gland at an early age, it slows growth and causes short and proportional stature; it is a congenital condition that can be treated during childhood with growth hormone therapy.
Molecular dating analyses allow evolutionary timescales to be estimated from genetic data, offering an unprecedented capacity for investigating the evolutionary past of all species. These methods require us to make assumptions about the relationship between genetic change and evolutionary time, often referred to as a 'molecular clock'.
Relative dating helps determine what came first and what followed, but doesn't help determine actual age. Radiometric dating, or numeric dating, determines an actual or approximate age of an object by studying the rate of decay of radioactive isotopes, such as uranium, potassium, rubidium and carbon-14 within that object. Radioactive isotopes decay at a fixed rate.