Essentials of Genetics 9th Edition By William S. Klug Test Bank

ISBN-13: 978-0134047799, ISBN-10: 0134047796

Essentials of Genetics, 9e, (Klug et al.)

Chapter 1   Introduction to Genetics

1) In the 1600s, William Harvey studied reproduction and development. What is the term given to the theory which states that an organism develops from the fertilized egg by a succession of developmental events that lead to an adult?

1. A) preformation
2. B) sequential pattern formation
3. C) equational transformation
4. D) transduction
5. E) epigenesis

Answer:  E

Section:  1.1

2) What is the term given to the theory which states that the fertilized egg contains a complete miniature adult?

1. A) preformation
2. B) transduction
3. C) transformation
4. D) conjugation
5. E) cell theory

Answer:  A

Section:  1.1

3) What is the term given to the theory which put forth the idea that living organisms could arise by incubating nonliving components?

1. A) spontaneous generation
2. B) natural selection
3. C) evolution
4. D) preformation
5. E) collective combination

Answer:  A

Section:  1.1

4) Who, along with Alfred Wallace, formulated the theory of natural selection?

1. A) Gregor Mendel
2. B) William Harvey
3. C) Louis Pasteur
4. D) Charles Darwin
5. E) James Watson

Answer:  D

Section:  1.1

5) Name one of the botanists who, in 1900, rediscovered the work of Gregor Mendel.

Answer:  Carl Correns, Hugo de Vries, Erich Tschermak

Section:  1.1

6) Who was the Augustinian monk that conducted a decade of experiments on the garden pea, eventually showing that traits are passed from parents to offspring in predictable ways?

1. A) Francis Crick
2. B) Alfred Wallace
3. C) Hippocrates
4. D) Aristotle
5. E) Gregor Mendel

Answer:  E

Section:  1.2