History of Genetics

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What is the primary focus of the branch of biology concerned with the study of the inheritance of biological traits and variation in biological traits?

The reconstruction of evolutionary relationships between populations and species

Evolutionary theory and population genetics

The analysis of DNA from different populations and species

The inheritance of biological traits and variation in biological traits (correct)

Who are the two scientists credited with the development of evolutionary theory?

Alfred Russel Wallace and Gregor Mendel

Gregor Mendel and James Watson

Charles Darwin and Gregor Mendel

Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace (correct)

What is the term used to describe traits that are controlled by a single gene?

Heterogenic traits

Monogenic traits (correct)

Polygenic traits

Multigenic traits

What is the term used to describe the study of how genes behave in large numbers of individual organisms?

Population genetics Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe the process of how genes and genetic variation within populations can change over time?

Microevolution Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary application of understanding evolutionary relationships between populations and species?

Agriculture, medicine, forensics, and biological conservation Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe the units of heredity that control or contribute to biological traits?

Genes Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe the process of natural selection and animal and plant breeding?

Human-mediated evolutionary processes Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe the study of the genetic material that contains genes?

Genomics Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe the study of the inheritance of biological traits and variation in biological traits at the molecular level?

Molecular genetics Signup and view all the answers

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What is the primary focus of the branch of biology concerned with the study of the inheritance of biological traits and variation in biological traits?

Who are the two scientists credited with the development of evolutionary theory?

What is the term used to describe traits that are controlled by a single gene?

What is the term used to describe the study of how genes behave in large numbers of individual organisms?

What is the term used to describe the process of how genes and genetic variation within populations can change over time?

What is the primary application of understanding evolutionary relationships between populations and species?

What is the term used to describe the units of heredity that control or contribute to biological traits?

What is the term used to describe the process of natural selection and animal and plant breeding?

What is the term used to describe the study of the genetic material that contains genes?

What is the term used to describe the study of the inheritance of biological traits and variation in biological traits at the molecular level?

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