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Genetics
Exam 1: Scientists
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
01/18/2009

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek
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master lense maker
could see protazoa and bacteria
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Thomas F. Morgan
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started experiments to show that some traits were sex-linked
from Columbia University
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Theory of Epigenesis
Who proposed this theory?
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substances in gametes produce adult structures, but these structures are not pre-made. They are built during growth.
Harvey
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Robert Hooke
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coined the word "cell" when looking at cork
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Purkinje
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sees the first cell nucleus
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Brown
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names the center of a cell the nucleus and describes the Brownian motion of particles.
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Mohl
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discovers mitosis
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Virchow
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summarizes cell biology by saying that cells come from other cells
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Hertwig
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describes sperm and egg being zygotes
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Flemming
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sees chromosomes using colored dyes
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Waldeyer
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coins the word "chromosome"
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Boveri, Rabi and Van Benden
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hypothesize that chromosomes stick from generation to generation
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Weismann
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sees that inheritance comes from nucleus and notices meiosis
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Stevens
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hypothesized that white eyes were x-linked trait. similar to morgan's experiments.
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Sturtevant
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creates first genetic map
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Bridges
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explains nondisjunction in flies
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Stadler and Muller
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show mutilated genes with xrays
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Bateson
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coins the terms F1, F2, homozygote, heterozygote and allele
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Johanson
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coins the terms phenotype and genotype
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Avery, Hershey and Chase
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show that DNA is the genetic material
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Watson and Crick
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work out the structure of DNA but stole most of the info from Rosemary Franklin who did light cyrstalography
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Arber, Smith and Nathans
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describe the enzymes that help us to manipulate dna through recombinant DNA technology
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