Genetics People Flashcards
(1889) inheritance comes in particles, “pangenes”
Hugo de Vries
(1858) publishes paper on evolution (1859) publishes Origin of Species
Darwin
(1900) Hugo de Vries, Carl Correns, Eric von Tschermak
Mendelian work rediscovered
(1910) shows genes on chromosomes
Thomas Hunt Morgan
(1903) show chromosomes are hereditary units
Walter Sutton and Theodor Boveri
(1858) publishes paper on evolution same time as Darwin
Alfred Russell Wallace
(1876) discovered meiosis
Oscar Hertwig
(1809) popularized inheritance of acquired characteristics organism’s characteristics can be modified by their own actions/interactions and these can be passed to offspring
Lamarck
all cells arise from pre-existing cells
Virchow
(1665) describes first cell
Robert Hooke
alternate molecular forms of a gene
Alleles
(1842) first describes cell division
Carl Nageli
location of a gene on the the chromosome
Locus
(1866) presents his work on genetics in 2 talks, one paper in an obscure journal
Gregor Mendel
(1882) publishes on mitosis: doubled nature and distribution of chromosomes
Walter Fleming