Chapter 1 Flashcards
__________ observed the division of chromosomes
- Walter Flemming
The Germ Plasm Theory
- cells of the reproductive system carry compete set of information
The cell theory
- cells are a basic unit of all living things
- cells arise from preexisting cells
___________ proposed the cell theory
- Schwann and Schleiden
The idea of ___________ is that inside egg or sperm is a tiny version of an adult (homunculus)
- preformationism
_______ purposed the Germ-plasm theory
- August Weismann
The Origin of Species
- heredity was the fundamental of evolution
Gregor Mendel crossed ________ and analyzed patterns of ________
- pea plants
- transmission
_______ discovered the cell using a microscope
- Robert Hooke
_________ found that hereditary information was found in the nucleus
- Walter Flemming
_________ the theory that specific particles (gemmules) carry information from body to reproductive organs which are passed to embryo at conception
- Pangenesis
_________ is the theory Greeks came up with that proposed traits acquired in life were incorporated into hereditary info and passed on
- inheritance of acquired characteristics
ex: artist would pass art skills to child
__________ came up with the theory of evolution through natural selection and wrote the Origin of Species
- Charles Darwin
___________ discovered the basic principles of heredity
- Gregor Mendel
Genetics
- the study of heredity and the blue print of life
