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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, A Feeling for the Organism.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who extended an invitation to Barbara to help in the collection and preservation of maize in Central and South America?
(a) The Organization of National Sciences.
(b) The National Academy of Sciences.
(c) The National Institute of Medicine.
(d) The National Academies.
2. Who wrote A Short History of Genetics?
(a) Hugh Gavlin.
(b) Barbara McClintock.
(c) Lewis Stadler.
(d) L.C. Dunn.
3. In 1941, how many geneticists did Cold Spring Harbor draw?
(a) Over seventy.
(b) Over sixty.
(c) Over eighty.
(d) Over ninety.
4. What was the name of the science that was born in T. H. Morgan's lab?
(a) Cytogenetics.
(b) Botony.
(c) Mycogenetics
(d) Radiation genetics.
5. What was the word or words that Barbara used in the book to describe a plant that was part dominant and part recessive?
(a) Dual matched.
(b) Transfused.
(c) Variegated.
(d) Combined.
Short Answer Questions
1. In the summer of 1931, an invitation from Lewis Stadler brought Barbara where?
2. What is another word for the process of synapsis?
3. How does an anatomist see chromosomes?
4. How many papers did McClintock publish between the years of 1929 and 1931?
5. In what year did Evelyn Witkin come to Cold Spring Harbor?
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