10 Questions
What did Hippocrates argue served as the bearers of hereditary traits in humans?
Active humors in various parts of the body
According to Aristotle, what did he propose was contained in the male semen with the capacity to produce offspring of the same 'form'?
Vital heat
What theory did William Harvey propose in the 1600s regarding the development of an organism from a fertilized egg?
Epigenesis
How did Hippocrates explain the process by which newborns could 'inherit' traits that their parents had 'acquired'?
By altering humors in individuals before they were passed on to offspring
What did Aristotle believe cooked and shaped the menstrual blood produced by females?
'Vital heat' in male semen
Who proposed the cell theory stating that all organisms are composed of basic structural units called cells?
Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann
Which scientists independently noted that the behavior of chromosomes during meiosis is identical to the behavior of genes during gamete formation described by Mendel?
Walter Sutton and Theodor Boveri
Who published experiments showing that DNA was the carrier of genetic information in bacteria?
Oswald Avery, Colin MacLeod, and Maclyn McCarty
What process did Frederick Sanger introduce in 1977 for sequencing the genome of a bacteriophage?
Polymerase Chain Reaction
In 1961, what was discovered about the genetic code related to DNA bases encoding for amino acids?
Only specific triplets of DNA bases encode for specific amino acids
Explore the writings of the Hippocratic School of Medicine and Aristotle in the Golden Age of Greek culture, particularly their discussions on heredity in humans. Learn about how Hippocrates argued that 'humors' in the body carry hereditary traits and how these traits could be altered before passing them on to offspring.
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