Introduction to Genetics Flashcards
What is the one of the most rapidly advancing fields of science
Genetics
Anna notices that she has her mother’s eye color and her father’s height.
A. Genes contribute to intelligence
B. Genes influence our physical features
B. Genes influence our physical features
Leo often excels in his math and science classes, much like his mother, who was a top student in school.
A. Genes contribute to intelligence and personality
B. Genes are fundamental to who and what we are
A. Genes contribute to intelligence and personality
Maria learns that her family has a history of heart disease, so she decides to adopt a healthy lifestyle
A. Genes are important in development
B. Genes affect our susceptibility to many diseases and disorders
B. Genes affect our susceptibility to many diseases and disorders
Ben wonders why he looks, thinks, and acts differently than his friends and learns that it’s due to his unique genetic makeup.
A. Genes influence our physical features
B. Genes are fundamental to who and what we are
B. Genes are fundamental to who and what we are
A farmer carefully selects seeds from the healthiest plants to grow better crops each season
A. Genes are important in development
B. Genes are important in agriculture
B. Genes are important in agriculture
A pharmaceutical company develops a new medicine based on genetic research to treat a rare disease.
A.Genes are important to the pharmaceutical industry
B. Genes are important in development
A.Genes are important to the pharmaceutical industry
A scientist studies genes to understand how different animals grow and develop from embryos to adults.
A. Genes are important to the pharmaceutical industry
B. Genes are important in development
B. Genes are important in development
What is the first evidence of people understand and applied the principles of heredity is?
domestication of plants and animals
It states that genetic information from different parts of the body travels reproductive organs to gametes?
Pangenesis
This concepts states that traits acquired in a person’s lifetime become incorporated into their offspring
Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics
It said that inside the egg or sperm their exist a fully formed miniature adult, a homunculus
Preformationism
The traits of offspring are a blend, or mixture, of parental traits
Blending Inheritance
He reported that plants reproduce sexually by using pollen from the male sex cells
Nehemiah Grew
He began to experiment with crossing plants and creating hybrids; discovered the basic principles of heredity
Gregor Mendel
He put forth the theory of evolution through natural selection
Charles Darwin
He observed the division of chromosomes and published a superb description of mitosis
Walther Flemming
He debunked the inheritance of acquired characteristics. He cut off the tails of mice for 22 consecutive generations and showed that the tail length in descendants remained stubbornly long.
August Weismann
He proposed the Germ plasm Theory
August Weismann
This theory stated that the cells in the reproductive organs carry a complete set of genetic information that is passed to the egg and sperm.
Germ Plasm Theory
He proposed that genes are located on chromosomes
Walter Sutton
He discovered the first genetic mutant of fruit flies and used fruit flies to unravel many details of transmission genetics
Thomas Hunt Morgan
It is how an individual inherits its genetic makeup and how it passes its genes to the next generation
Transmission Genetics
____ are segments of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) that determine our traits
Genes
