LGC: Geneticists

______________ is known as the "Father of Genetics".

• Recessive
• Chromosomes
• DNA
• Gregor Mendel

_______________ is the study of how traits are passed from parents to offspring.

• Monohybrid
• Genetics
• Chromosome
• Genotype

Rosalind Franklin's "Photo 51" allowed Watson and Crick to determine the ___ of DNA.

• Shape
• Backbone
• Nitrogen bases
• Hydrogen bonds

Which is the best definition of DNA?

• a spiral ladder
• something in your cells
• the recipe for making an organism

Who was responsible for the model shown?

• Oswald Avery, et. al.
• Watson and Crick
• Erwin Chargaff
• Linus Pauling

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Who was responsible for the experiment depicted by the image?

• Friedrich (Fritz) Miescher 
• Watson and Crick
• Frederick Griffith
• Rosalind Franklin

Identify the correct chart that matches the contribution to the scientist

• Mendel - studied peas plants to determine how traits are passed on.
  Franklin - saw X-ray photograph of DNA
  Watson & Crick - made a 3D model of DNA
• Mendel - make 3D model of DNA
  Franklin - studied peas plants to determine how traits are passed on
  Watson & Crick - saw X-ray photograph of DNA
• Mendel - saw X-ray photograph of DNA
  Franklin - Made a 3D model of DNA
  Watson & Crick - studied pea plants to determine how traits are passed on.
• Mendel - made a 3D model of DNA
  Franklin - Saw X-ray photograph of DNA
  Watson and Crick - studied pea plants to determine how traits are passed on.

What did Gregor Mendel use to discover the principles that rule heredity?

• Pea Plant
• Pigeons
• Pear trees
• Photosynthesis

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What did Mendel call the two kinds of traits exhibited by the pea plants (one coming from the father, one from the mother)?

• Genesis
• Elective traits
• Alleles
• Quadrants

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What is the  name of this image

• Image 51
• Series 51
• Franklin's Photograph
• Photograph 51

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