Extra credit

Question 1

Seymour Benzer

Answer 1

Discovered distinct classes of mutations and discovered recombination using T4 bacteriophage

Question 2

Barbara McClintock

Answer 2

First to discover centromeres cross-shape interaction during meiosis (Nobel prize for transposable elements)

Question 3

Greg Mendel

Answer 3

Father of genetics, rules of inheritance

Question 4

Matt meselson And Franklin stahl

Answer 4

Experiment that discovered semi-conservative mechanism for DNA replication

Question 5

Tom Morgan

Answer 5

Confirmed chromosome theory of inheritance with eye color in fruit flies

Question 6

James Watson and Francis crick

Answer 6

Proposed 3D structure for DNA

Question 7

Alfred Hershey and Martha chase

Answer 7

Provided evidence that genetic material was in DNA

Question 8

Rosalind Franklin

Answer 8

X-ray showed DNA is a double helix

Question 9

Andrew fire and craig mello

Answer 9

Discovered RNA interference

Question 10

Thomas Cech and Sidney Altman

Answer 10

Discovered ribozymes (RNA molecules that catalyze reactions)

Question 11

Oswald Avery, Colin McLeod, maclyn McCarty

Answer 11

Blender experiment showed DNA is hereditary material of phage

Question 12

Archibald garrod

Answer 12

Inborn errors of metabolism, discovered that genes code for enzymes

Question 13

Carl correns, Hugo devries, Erich Von tschermak

Answer 13

Rediscovered rules of inheritance

Question 14

Fred Sanger

Answer 14

First to elucidate the full amino acid sequence of a protein (insulin) and discovered dideoxy texhnique to sequence DNA

Question 15

Richard Roberts and Phillip sharp

Answer 15

Split genes (splicing of genes)

Question 16

Theodor Boveri and Walter sutton

Answer 16

Chromosomal theory of inheritance

Question 17

Reginald punnett

Answer 17

Discovered genetic linkage and diagrams to determine crossing outcomes

Question 18

Vernon Ingram

Answer 18

Father of molecular medicine , single AA change can cause disorder (sickle cell anemia)

Question 19

Salvador Luria and max delbruck

Answer 19

Bacterial resistance to viral infection is throwing random mutations

Question 20

Liz Blackburn, carol grieder and jack szostak

Answer 20

How chromosomes are protected by telomeres

Question 21

Ada yonath, venkatraman ramakrishnan, Thomas steitz

Answer 21

Found atomic structure of ribosome and interactions with antibiotics and ribosome

Question 22

Lilian Morgan

Answer 22

Discovered attached X and ring chromosomes in flies

Question 23

Nettie Stevens

Answer 23

Discover differences in male and female chromosomes

Question 24

Rob Holley, Har Khorana, and Marshall nirenberg

Answer 24

Structure of tRNA function of mRNA and unraveling of 3 nucleotide genetic code

Question 25

Roger kornberg

Answer 25

Discovered process of transcription

Question 26

Christiane nusslein, Edward Lewis, Eric Weischaus

Answer 26

Discovered genes that control embryogenesis in flies