WorksheetsGreat discoveries in genetics!
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Gregor Mendel experimented by cross breeding different strains of __________________________.
dogs
garden peas
cats
lettuce
Gregor Mendel discovered that each parent contributes a factor that could ___________ inherited in certain numerical ratios.
be
not be
Which of the following is NOT a reason why Thomas Hunt Morgan worked with fruit flies:
you need a lot of data for genetics
there is a short generation time
he always hates when a fly lands on his food
1 female fly has several hundred offspring
Thomas Hunt Morgan saw a mutant with white eyes appear instead of the ordinary red eyes. This led him to discover that genes are located in ___________ order on chromosomes
linear
parallel
perpendicular
Georges Beadle exposed bread mole to _______________ which causes mutations in the genes of the spores.
x-rays
UV light
microwaves
Georges Beadle determined that ___________________ are responsible for more than just passing on inherited traits. This is known as the 1 _____________ 1 enzyme hypothesis.
spore(s)
cell(s)
gene(s)
Barbara McClintock's study of maize (corn) kernel color led to the discovery that genes could _________________ position.
stay in the same
change
Barbara McClintock's original work was ____________ at the Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory.
accepted
rejected
Hersey and Chase used a ______________ to discover that DNA was able to direct the host cell to make new viruses.
toaster
oven
blender
hand mixer
Hersey and Chase used _____________________ chemicals to label protein and DNA and then expose it to e coli.
radioactive
explosive
new
Watson, Crick and Wilkins used the technique called x-ray crystallography to capture a shadowy image of _________________ which helped to build the 3D model.
protein
enzymes
DNA
Rosalind Franklin's x-ray of DNA was used ______________________ her knowledge to complete the DNA model.
with
without
Marshall Nirenberg and Heinrich Matthaei discovered that base pairs align in a _______________ code which is a blue print for the production of proteins.
single
double
triplet
In 1984 Alec Jeffries discovered a technique called DNA ____________________________ that helped scientists determine that a boy really was related to his mother.
thumb printing
genetic techniques
finger printing
After the human genome was sequenced scientists determined that most mammals share the ________________ sets of genes.
same
different
