Introduction to Genetics Quiz

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Who is known as the Father of Biology?

  • Gregor Mendel
  • Aristotle (correct)
  • Hippocrates
  • None of the above

What did Hippocrates believe in terms of inheritance?

  • Inheritance is based on DNA
  • Inheritance of acquired characteristics (correct)
  • Inheritance is random and unpredictable
  • None of the above

What did Gregor Mendel study?

  • Study of heredity and genes (correct)
  • Study of DNA structure
  • Study of acquired characteristics
  • None of the above

What substance do modern genetics focus on, in relation to genes?

<p>Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What idea was introduced in the 17th and 18th centuries related to heredity?

<p>Preformation (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Aristotle emphasize as important in heredity?

<p>Blood (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What hypothesis did Hippocrates devise to account for the inheritance of acquired characteristics?

<p>Pangenesis (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In genetics, what is the chemical substance that genes are made of?

<p>DNA (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What idea was introduced in the 17th and 18th centuries related to heredity?

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What did Gregor Mendel study, leading to the foundation of genetics?

<p>Study of heredity and genes (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the chemical substance that modern genetics focuses on in relation to genes?

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Who believed in the inheritance of acquired characteristics and devised the hypothesis known as pangenesis?

<p>Hippocrates (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Aristotle emphasize as the important factor in heredity?

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Who is known as the Father of Biology?

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In the 17th and 18th centuries, what idea related to heredity was introduced?

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