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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Cold Spring Harbor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the National Academy of Sciences elected Barbara McClintock as a member, how many other women before her had held that particular honor?
(a) Five.
(b) None.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

2. The subject of cytogenetics is about the relationship between the chromosomes and what?
(a) The nuclei.
(b) Transfusion.
(c) The chromatids.
(d) The genetic systems.

3. What is Neurospora?
(a) A orange mold on corn.
(b) A gray mold on fruit.
(c) A green mold on mushrooms.
(d) A red mold on bread.

4. Who was considered to be the severest critic in the field of genetics during Barbara's time in the field?
(a) Stephen Jay Gould.
(b) Richard B. Goldschmidt.
(c) Barbara McClintock.
(d) Alfred Sturtevant.

5. Who said, "For us, neither the chemical code, nor the linkage map of the chromosome, nor the genes embodied in it, are enough"?
(a) C.D. Darlington.
(b) L.C. Dunn.
(c) Barbara McClintock.
(d) James Stilworth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Both of the grandparents on Barbara's mother side could be traced back to what?

2. What is another word for the process of synapsis?

3. What is the word that is used to describe the joining of fragments that have broken off a chromosome?

4. What were the first chromosomes visible as?

5. Ribosomes are the what of protein synthesis?

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