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DOCS COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS 2026
TESTED QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ What kind of genetics is the basic principles of heredity? Answer:
transmission genetics
⩥ What kind of genetics studies the chemical nature of the gene?
Answer: molecular genetics
⩥ What kind of genetics studies the genetic composition of populations?
Answer: population genetics
⩥ Organisms with characteristics that make them useful for genetic
analysis Answer: model genetic organisms
⩥ What are common examples of model genetic organisms Answer:
fruit fly, e. coli, roundworm, thale-cess plants, lab mouse, baker's yeast,
zebra fish
⩥ Explain the difference between the pangenesis concept and the germ-
plasm theory Answer: Pangenesis proposed that all body cells release
hereditary particles that influence offspring traits, while the germ-plasm
, theory states that only reproductive cells carry heritable information and
somatic cells do not affect inheritance
⩥ What is a homunculus Answer: a miniature, fully-formed human body
⩥ Who discovered the principles of heredity Answer: gregor mendel
⩥ who discovered cell theory Answer: schleiden and schwann
⩥ Who discovered chromosomes Answer: flemming
⩥ Who discovered the germ-plasm theory? Answer: weismann
⩥ Who discovered that genes were located on chromosomes? Answer:
sutton
⩥ Who established the term cell Answer: Robert Hooke
⩥ How did developments in cytology in the nineteenth century
contribute to our modern understanding of genetics? Answer:
devlopments in cytology led to the identification of parts of the cell
DOCS COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS 2026
TESTED QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ What kind of genetics is the basic principles of heredity? Answer:
transmission genetics
⩥ What kind of genetics studies the chemical nature of the gene?
Answer: molecular genetics
⩥ What kind of genetics studies the genetic composition of populations?
Answer: population genetics
⩥ Organisms with characteristics that make them useful for genetic
analysis Answer: model genetic organisms
⩥ What are common examples of model genetic organisms Answer:
fruit fly, e. coli, roundworm, thale-cess plants, lab mouse, baker's yeast,
zebra fish
⩥ Explain the difference between the pangenesis concept and the germ-
plasm theory Answer: Pangenesis proposed that all body cells release
hereditary particles that influence offspring traits, while the germ-plasm
, theory states that only reproductive cells carry heritable information and
somatic cells do not affect inheritance
⩥ What is a homunculus Answer: a miniature, fully-formed human body
⩥ Who discovered the principles of heredity Answer: gregor mendel
⩥ who discovered cell theory Answer: schleiden and schwann
⩥ Who discovered chromosomes Answer: flemming
⩥ Who discovered the germ-plasm theory? Answer: weismann
⩥ Who discovered that genes were located on chromosomes? Answer:
sutton
⩥ Who established the term cell Answer: Robert Hooke
⩥ How did developments in cytology in the nineteenth century
contribute to our modern understanding of genetics? Answer:
devlopments in cytology led to the identification of parts of the cell
