Matching
Key advances and evolution of the science of genetics: for questions 1-8, match the scientists name to the proposed theory and experimental findings.
1. Matthias Jacob Schleiden
a. Theory of evolution through
selection
2. Theodor Schwann
b. Cell theory
3. Charles Darwin
c. Observation of chromosome
division and mitosis
4. Walther Flemming
d. Germ-plasm theory
5. August Weismann
e. Experiments with plants on the
principles of heredity
6. Gregor Mendel
f. Experiments with fruit flies on
transmission genetics
7. Walter Sutton
g. Discovery of DNA structure
8. James Watson and Francis Crick
For questions 9-16, match the research focus to the subdiscipline of genetics in which that phenomenon is primarily studied.
9. Evolution
a. Transmission genetics
10. Chemical nature of a gene
b. Molecular genetics
11. Gene expression regulation
c. Population genetics
12. Arrangement of genes on
chromosomes
13. Gene mapping
14. Differences in allele frequencies
in wet and dry environments
15. Differences in gene function in wet
and dry environments
16. Transcription and translation
