TEST BANK FOR GENETICS ESSENTIALS: CONCEPTS AND CONNECTIONS, 2ND EDITION: BENJAMIN A. PIERCE

Chapter 1 Introduction to Genetics Matching Key advances and evolution of the science of genetics: for questions 1-8, match the scientist’s name to the proposed theory and experimental findings. 1. Matthias Jacob Schleiden (b) a. Theory of evolution through selection 2. Theodor Schwann (b) b. Cell theory 3. Charles Darwin (a) c. Observation of chromosome division and mitosis 4. Walther Flemming (c) d. Germ-plasm theory 5. August Weismann (d) e. Experiments with plants on the principles of heredity 6. Gregor Mendel (e) f. Experiments with fruit flies on transmission genetics 7. Walter Sutton (f) g. Discovery of DNA structure 8. James Watson and Francis Crick (g) For questions 9-16, match the research focus to the subdiscipline of genetics in which that phenomenon is primarily studied. 9. Evolution (c) a. Transmission genetics 10. Chemical nature of a gene (b) b. Molecular genetics 11. Gene expression regulation (b) c. Population genetics 12. Arrangement of genes on chromosomes (a) 13. Gene mapping (a) 14. Differences in allele frequencies in wet and dry environments (c) 15. Differences in gene function in wet and dry environments (b) 16. Transcription and translation (b) True/False 17. Humans first applied genetics to the domestication of plants (wheat, peas, etc.) and animals (dogs, goats, etc.) between approximately 10,000 and 12,000 years ago. (T)