UNIT 4 - CHROMOSOME DISCOVERY & MORPHOLOGY

Question 1

Father of Genetics

a. Gregor Mendel
b. Walther Fleming
c. Walter Sutton
d. Theodor Boveri

Answer 1

a. Gregor Mendel

Question 2

Recognized and explored the chromatin

a. Gregor Mendel
b. Walther Fleming
c. Walter Sutton
d. Theodor Boveri

Answer 2

b. Walther Fleming

Question 3

Started the study of Chromosomes using staining technique

a. Gregor Mendel
b. Walther Fleming
c. Walter Sutton
d. Theodor Boveri

Answer 3

b. Walther Fleming

Question 4

Father of Mitosis

a. Gregor Mendel
b. Walther Fleming
c. Walter Sutton
d. Theodor Boveri

Answer 4

b. Walther Fleming

Question 5

Established the link between the traits children inherit from parents and chormosomes

a. Gregor Mendel
b. Walther Fleming
c. Walter Sutton
d. Theodor Boveri
e. Boveri and Sutton

Answer 5

e. Boveri and Sutton

Question 6

Provided the first evidence that germ cell chromosomes imparted continuity between generation

a. Gregor Mendel
b. Walther Fleming
c. Walter Sutton
d. Theodor Boveri

Answer 6

d. Theodor Boveri

Question 7

Experimentally demonstrated Chromosomal Theory of Inheritance using Drosophila melanogaster

a. Thomas Morgan
b. Calvin Bridges
c. Walter Sutton
d. Jana Medina

Answer 7

a. Thomas Morgan

Question 8

Helped establish the chromosomal basis of heredity and sex