Celebrities of evol bio Flashcards
(28 cards)
Who is considered one of the founders of population genetics alongside Ronald Fisher and J.B.S. Haldane?
A) Francis Crick
B) Sewall Wright
C) Carl Linnaeus
D) Gregor Mendel
B) Sewall Wright
Which scientist is best known for formalizing binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms?
A) Theodosius Dobzhansky
B) Carl Linnaeus
C) Alfred Russel Wallace
D) Sewall Wright
B) Carl Linnaeus
Who independently conceived the theory of evolution through natural selection and published his ideas alongside Charles Darwin in 1858?
A) Gregor Mendel
B) Alfred Russel Wallace
C) Ernst Mayr
D) Karl Ernst von Baer
B) Alfred Russel Wallace
Which scientist is regarded as the founding father of embryology?
A) Francis Crick
B) Karl Ernst von Baer
C) Sewall Wright
D) Theodosius Dobzhansky
B) Karl Ernst von Baer
Who played a crucial role in deciphering the helical structure of DNA?
A) Gregor Mendel
B) Theodosius Dobzhansky
C) Francis Crick
D) Ernst Mayr
C) Francis Crick
Which scientist shaped the modern synthesis of evolutionary biology and supported theistic evolution?
A) Theodosius Dobzhansky
B) J.B.S. Haldane
C) Alfred Russel Wallace
D) Francis Crick
A) Theodosius Dobzhansky
Who is widely known as the “father of modern taxonomy”?
A) Carl Linnaeus
B) Charles Darwin
C) Gregor Mendel
D) Alfred Russel Wallace
A) Carl Linnaeus
Which scientist is best known for discovering the fundamental principles of genetic inheritance?
A) Francis Crick
B) Charles Darwin
C) Gregor Mendel
D) Karl Ernst von Baer
C) Gregor Mendel
Who was a key figure in evolutionary biology and an expert in taxonomy, ornithology, and the history of science?
A) Ernst Mayr
B) Alfred Russel Wallace
C) Sewall Wright
D) Theodosius Dobzhansky
A) Ernst Mayr
Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution proposed that all species of life have descended from a:
A) Single ancestor
B) Set of fixed types
C) Common yet independent lineage
D) Collection of non-evolving species
A) Single ancestor
Who introduced the neutral theory of molecular evolution in 1968?
A) William D. Hamilton
B) Motoo Kimura
C) Ernst Haeckel
D) James Hutton
B) Motoo Kimura
Which scientist is known as the “Father of Modern Geology”?
A) Charles Lyell
B) Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
C) James Hutton
D) Thomas Malthus
C) James Hutton
Who was a key proponent of the idea that biological evolution proceeded in accordance with natural laws?
A) Stephen Jay Gould
B) Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
C) Ronald Fisher
D) J.B.S. Haldane
B) Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Which geologist demonstrated the power of natural causes in explaining Earth’s history?
A) Charles Lyell
B) William D. Hamilton
C) Frank P. Ryan
D) Motoo Kimura
A) Charles Lyell
Who was an English economist known for his work in demography and political economy?
A) Thomas Malthus
B) Stephen Jay Gould
C) Ernst Haeckel
D) Sean B. Carroll
A) Thomas Malthus
Who was a British evolutionary biologist recognized as one of the most significant evolutionary theorists of the 20th century?
A) William D. Hamilton
B) John B. S. Haldane
C) Ronald Fisher
D) Ernst Haeckel
A) William D. Hamilton
Who was a German zoologist and naturalist, also known for his contributions to evolutionary biology?
A) Charles Lyell
B) Ernst Haeckel
C) James Hutton
D) Thomas Malthus
B) Ernst Haeckel
Which scientist was a pioneer of viral symbiosis in the evolution of the human genome?
A) Frank P. Ryan
B) J.B.S. Haldane
C) Ronald Fisher
D) Sean B. Carroll
A) Frank P. Ryan
Who was a British polymath active in the fields of mathematics, statistics, genetics, and evolutionary biology?
A) Ronald Fisher
B) Motoo Kimura
C) William D. Hamilton
D) Ernst Haeckel
A) Ronald Fisher
Which scientist was an American paleontologist and evolutionary biologist, widely read for his popular science writings?
A) Stephen Jay Gould
B) Charles Lyell
C) Thomas Malthus
D) William D. Hamilton
A) Stephen Jay Gould
Who was a British-born scientist who later moved to India and contributed to evolutionary biology, genetics, and mathematics?
A) J.B.S. Haldane
B) Frank P. Ryan
C) William D. Hamilton
D) James Hutton
A) J.B.S. Haldane
