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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. What is the word that is used to describe the joining of fragments that have broken off a chromosome?
(a) Anneal.
(b) Fuse.
(c) Conjoin.
(d) Genderate.

2. How old was Barbara when her name was changed to Barbara?
(a) Four years old.
(b) Three years old.
(c) Three months old.
(d) Four months old.

3. Who wrote the Recent Advances in Cytology?
(a) C.D. Darlington.
(b) L.C. Dunn.
(c) Ross Harrison.
(d) Barbara McClintock.

4. What are considered to be the mainstay of genetic research?
(a) Genes.
(b) Chromosomes.
(c) Cells.
(d) Mutations.

5. Who was the co-author with McClintock on the paper that provided conclusive evidence for the chromosomal basis of genetics?
(a) Harriet Creighton.
(b) George Beadle.
(c) Marcus Rhoades.
(d) Rollins Emerson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Edward Tatum and George Beadle's hypothesis?

2. In 1942, why had the atmosphere at Cold Spring Harbor become even quieter than normal?

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

4. Darlington described that in an adaptive hierarchy the chromosomes always come first. What comes second?

5. Who was the head of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute when Barbara received the Guggenheim Fellowship?

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