Intro to Genetics

Question 1

• Branch of biology that deals with principles of heredity and variation in all living things.
• Fundamental properties and problems of life and living, thus impringing on all aspects of biology.

A. Biology
B. Genetics
C. Psychology
D. Heredity

Answer 1

Genetics

Question 2

Genetics was dervied from what Greek word?

Answer 2

Gen

Question 3

to become or to grow into something

Answer 3

Gen

Question 4

Who coined the term Genetics in 1906?

A. Wilhelm Wundt
B. William Wundt
C. William Baterson
D. Willie Revillame

Answer 4

William Baterson

Question 5

He discovered that hereditary characteristics were determined by elementary “factors” that are transmitted between generations in a uniform predictable fashion.

Answer 5

Gregor Mendel

Question 6

One of the attributions of Gene is inherited from generation to generation, true or false?

Answer 6

True

Question 7

One of the attributions of the gene is, that it provides information regarding the structure, function, and other biological properties of the characteristic or trait, true or false?

Answer 7

True

Question 8

He is the Father of Genetics

Answer 8

Gregor Mendel

Question 9

Inheritance of one trait has no effect on the inheritance of another trait

A. Principle of Independent Assortment
B. Principle of Dependent Assortment

Answer 9

Principle of Independent Assortment

Question 10

study of how traits are passed from parent to offspring

A. Heredity
B. DNA
C. Biology
D. Genetics

Answer 10

Genetics

Question 11

This theory stated that Semen was formed everywhere in a man’s body and such semen reflected the characteristics of the body part from where it was formed.

A. Theory of Pangesis by Aristotle
B. Theory of Inheritance and Acquired Characteristics – Jean Baptiste de Lamarck
C. Germplasm Theory
D. Kolreuter

Answer 11

Theory of Pangesis by Aristotle

Question 12

This theory proposed to be the fundamental mechanism of evolutionary change

• Body modification acquired by use or disuse could be transmitted to the offspring because semen formed reflected such modification.

A. Theory of Pangesis by Aristotle
B. Theory of Inheritance and Acquired Characteristics – Jean Baptiste de Lamarck
C. Germplasm Theory
D. Kolreuter

Answer 12

Theory of Inheritance and Acquired Characteristics – Jean Baptiste de Lamarck

Question 13

This theory proposed that Germplasm/sex cells perpetuated themselves in reproduction generation after generation. Somatoplasm was produced by the germplasm only as means to protect and reproduce itself.

A. Theory of Pangesis by Aristotle
B. Theory of Inheritance and Acquired Characteristics – Jean Baptiste de Lamarck
C. Germplasm Theory
D. Kolreuter

Answer 13

Germplasm Theory

Question 14

hybrids between species would produce considerable diversity

A. Theory of Pangesis by Aristotle
B. Theory of Inheritance and Acquired Characteristics – Jean Baptiste de Lamarck
C. Germplasm Theory
D. Kolreuter

Answer 14

Kolreuter

Question 15

-Duplicated Mendel’s work on different plants; provided follow-ups works

-Rediscovers of Mendel

A. Carl Corens, Erick Von Tschermark, and Hugo de Vries
B. William Bateson, Saunders, and Cuenot
C. Walter Sutton and, Theodore Boveri
D. Thomas Hunt and Calvin Bridge
E. Oswald Avery, Collin McLeod and Maclyn McCarty
F. James Watson and Francis Crick

Answer 15

Carl Corens, Erick Von Tschermark, and Hugo de Vries

Question 16

Applied principles in animals

A. Carl Corens, Erick Von Tschermark, and Hugo de Vries
B. William Bateson, Saunders, and Cuenot
C. Walter Sutton and, Theodore Boveri
D. Thomas Hunt and Calvin Bridge
E. Oswald Avery, Collin McLeod and Maclyn McCarty
F. James Watson and Francis Crick

Answer 16

William Bateson, Saunders and Cuenot

Question 17

Segregation of pairs of factors that Mendel postulated during gamete formation is paralleled by the separation of homologous chromosomes during meiosis.

A. Carl Corens, Erick Von Tschermark, and Hugo de Vries
B. William Bateson, Saunders, and Cuenot
C. Walter Sutton and, Theodore Boveri
D. Thomas Hunt and Calvin Bridge
E. Oswald Avery, Collin McLeod and Maclyn McCarty
F. James Watson and Francis Crick

Answer 17

Walter Sutton and Theodore Boveri

Question 18

-Discovery of sex chromosomes and association between specific genes and chromosomes.

-Each chromosomes contained one but many genes.

A. Carl Corens, Erick Von Tschermark, and Hugo de Vries
B. William Bateson, Saunders, and Cuenot
C. Walter Sutton and, Theodore Boveri
D. Thomas Hunt and Calvin Bridge
E. Oswald Avery, Collin McLeod and Maclyn McCarty
F. James Watson and Francis Crick

Answer 18

Thomas Hunt and Calvin Bridge

Question 19

Identified DNA as the hereditary material

A. Carl Corens, Erick Von Tschermark, and Hugo de Vries
B. William Bateson, Saunders, and Cuenot
C. Walter Sutton and, Theodore Boveri
D. Thomas Hunt and Calvin Bridge
E. Oswald Avery, Collin McLeod, and Maclyn McCarty
F. James Watson and Francis Crick

Answer 19

Oswald Avery, Collin McLeod and Maclyn McCarty

Question 20

Identify DNA’s chemical properties

A. Carl Corens, Erick Von Tschermark, and Hugo de Vries
B. William Bateson, Saunders, and Cuenot
C. Walter Sutton and, Theodore Boveri
D. Thomas Hunt and Calvin Bridge
E. Oswald Avery, Collin McLeod, and Maclyn McCarty
F. James Watson and Francis Crick

Answer 20

James Watson and Francis Crick

Question 21

A scope in genetics wherein the development and maintenance of its own unique, inherent pattern in dynamic interplay with the environment are the central problems of life.

A. Biotic
B. Individual
C. Species
D. Living Forms

Answer 21

Individual

Question 22

A scope in genetics wherein the ability to transfer these systems to other generations is the primary requirement for continued existence.

A. Biotic
B. Individual
C. Species
D. Living Forms

Answer 22

Species

Question 23

A scope in genetics wherein the orderly variety of patterns and their changes with time on a geological scale constitute the accomplishment of organic evolution.

A. Biotic
B. Individual
C. Species
D. Living Forms

Answer 23

Living Forms