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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, 1936-1941: University of Missouri.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the word that describes a chromosome that has two centromeres?
(a) Dicentromeric.
(b) Digenetic.
(c) Dicentric.
(d) Dichromosomic.

2. What was the first name of Barbara's father?
(a) Henry.
(b) Samuel.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Adam.

3. What instrument did Barbara play in a jazz improvisation group?
(a) Saxaphone.
(b) Tenor banjo.
(c) Piano.
(d) Bass guitar.

4. There was a gap that appeared in Barbara's list of publications. In what year did she not publish anything?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1935.

5. What was the term that McClintock phrased that meant a capacity to change positions?
(a) Transposition.
(b) Permutation.
(c) Correspondence.
(d) Transferration.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many papers did McClintock publish between the years of 1929 and 1931?

2. In what year was Barbara McClintock elected Vice President of the Genetics Society of America?

3. What year did Barbara McClintock graduate from Cornell?

4. What did Cornell geneticists study instead of fruit flies?

5. What part of the corn was considered to be the endosperm tissue?

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