Unit 1 - Intro to Cyto Flashcards
branch of genetics that studies the structure of DNA within the cell nucleus
Cytogenetics
studies the number and morphology of chromosomes
Cytogenetics
2 types of cytogenetics based on techniques
classical cytogenetics
molecular cytogenetics
chromosome banding techniques
a. classical cytogenetics
b. molecular cytogenetics
classical cytogenetics
hybridization fluorescently labeled probes
a. classical cytogenetics
b. molecular cytogenetics
molecular cytogenetics
How are chromosomes arranged?
largest to smallest
Who observed the section of cork by a primitive type of microscope and found that it was made up of small hollow units like honey comb. He termed the structural unit as cell?
Robert Hooke (1635-1703)
Who published microscopic anatomy of plants and advanced a theory that the stamen corresponds to male, while pistil corresponds to female reproductive organ?
Nehemiah Grew (1628- 1711)
Who improved the microscope by the technique of grinding the lens?
Anthony van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723)
Who reported the studies on free cells such as protozoa and bacteria and thus opened the door to a new world of microorganisms?
Anthony van Leeuwenhoek
Who showed the presence of sex in plants?
Rudolf Jacob Camerarius (1665- 1721)
Who demonstrated that in maize, seeds are not produced unless pollen is applied to the pistil?
Rudolf Jacob Camerarius
Who published the information on his work of plant hybridization?
Joseph Gottlieb Kolreuter (1733-1806)
Who concluded that pollen is the male element, while pistil is the female element?
Rudolf Jacob Camerarius
Who made hybrids between different varieties of tobacco and between some plant genera?
Joseph Gottlieb Kolreuter (1733- 1806)
Joseph Gottlieb Kolreuter (1733- 1806) used ________ ___________ to show the equal contribution of male and female parents to their offspring.
reciprocal crosses
Who proposed a theory of evolution known as theory of inheritance of acquired characters?
Jean Baptiste Lamarck (1744-1829)
According to Jean Lamarck, variation in an individual is brought about by?
(a) conscious effort
(b) reaction to environment
(c) use and disuse of the organ
According to Jean Lamarck, ________ carries forward the changes that are acquired during the life time of the individual.
heredity
Robert Brown (1773-1858) studied plant cells and discovered _________ in __________ (what book?).
nucleus
Tradescantia
central feature of living cells as described by Robert Brown
nucleus
Who described cell division and showed that cells arise through partition walls formed between preexisting cells?
Hugo von Mohl (1805-1872)
Matthias Jacob Schleiden (1804-1881) and Theodor Schwann (1810-1882) put forth the cell theory on the basis of accumulated experimental results, which are?
- The cell is the smallest structural element of a multicellular organism.
- Every cell has a specific function to perform.
- A cell can only be produced from another cell by cell division.
Who first discovered chromosomes in pollen?
Karl Nägeli
Who introduced aniline staining to observe chromosomes during cell division?
Walther Flemming
Waldeyer coined the term “____________” after staining techniques had been developed
chromosome
Theophilus Painter derived an estimate of ___ chromosomes using images of nuclei reconstructed from thin sections of human testicular tissue embedded in paraffin and stained with iron hematoxylin.
48
discovered by Anthony van Leeuwenhoek (means microscopic organisms)
animalcules
Jean Baptiste Lamarck is a contemporary of?
Charles Darwin
Aniline staining is derived from?
coal tar
Aniline stains:
acidic or basic structures?
acidic
Which part of nucleic acids is stained by aniline?
phosphate group