Scientists and Discoveries

Who is credited with naming cells?

• Robert Hooke

• Rosalind Franklin

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Hershey and Chase

Who took x-ray crystallographic photographs of DNA that were used to help discover its structure?

• Robert Hooke

• Rosalind Franklin

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Hershey and Chase

Who is credited with discovering microorganisms?

• Robert Hooke

• Rosalind Franklin

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Hershey and Chase

Who discovered that DNA is the genetic material?

• Robert Hooke

• Rosalind Franklin

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Hershey and Chase

Who discovered that DNA is double helix structure?

• Watson and Crick

• Schleiden/Shwann/Virchow

• Gregor Mendel

• Charles Darwin

Who formed ideas that became the cell theory?

• Watson and Crick

• Schleiden/Shwann/Virchow

• Gregor Mendel

• Charles Darwin

Who is known as the 'father of genetics'?

• Watson and Crick

• Schleiden/Shwann/Virchow

• Gregor Mendel

• Charles Darwin

Who developed the theory of evolution called natural selection?

• Watson and Crick

• Schleiden/Shwann/Virchow

• Gregor Mendel

• Charles Darwin