test 6

Question 1

Which statement does not describe a classical assumption most scientists and the general public had before the experiments of Kolreuter (1760s), T.A. Knight (1832) and Mendel?

Answer 1

CORRECT
- you can take 2 diff species with the same body parts and get an offspring (goat-headed man)
- species don’t change overtime (NOT TRUE, Constant changes)
- if something physically happens to you, you’re child would have the same thing (traits transmitted genetically)

Question 2

What were the findings of Josef Kolreuter (1760s) regarding patterns of inheritance?

Answer 2

Hybridization in plants: different strains of tobacco plants were cross-fertilized and obtained fertile offspring

Question 3

What were the findings of T.A. Knight (1832) regarding patterns of inheritance?

Answer 3

True breeding – offspring produced from self-fertilization remained uniform from one generation to the next, NEVER got the answer

Question 4

What is the definition of true-breeding?

Answer 4

the offspring produced from self-fertilization remained uniform from one generation to the next

Question 5

Mendel, through his pea experiments, came up with the terms segregation, character, and traits. How are these words related to one another?

Answer 5

All based on your genetics