Saturday Genetics Quiz #16: Genetics Timeline
This week’s genetics quiz question:
In what year did the following key moments in genetics occur?
1. Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species.
2. Gregor Mendel, an Austrian monk, publishes his findings on the laws of inheritance.
3. The term “genetics” is used for the first time.
4. Martha Chase and Alfred Hershey show that DNA is the substance that transmits inherited traits from one generation to the next.
5. Francis Crick and James Watson determine that the structure of the DNA molecule is a double helix.
Answers:
1. Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species in 1859
2. Gregor Mendel, an Austrian monk, published his findings on the laws of inheritance in 1866
3. The term “genetics” is used for the first time in 1906.
4. Martha Chase and Alfred Hershey show that DNA is the substance that transmits inherited traits from one generation to the next in 1952.
5. Francis Crick and James Watson determine that the structure of the DNA molecule is a double helix in 1953.
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