USC Bisc 120 Midterm 1
Aristotle - Answer- Thought species could be organized on a ladder based on complexity (Scala Naturae)
Alfred Russell Wallace - Answer- Proposed the same evolutionary theory as Darwin
Carolus Linnaeus - Answer- Created the hierarchical classification system
Charl...
USC Bisc 120 Midterm 1
Aristotle - Answer- Thought species could be organized on a ladder based on
complexity (Scala Naturae)
Alfred Russell Wallace - Answer- Proposed the same evolutionary theory as Darwin
Carolus Linnaeus - Answer- Created the hierarchical classification system
Charles Darwin - Answer- Known father of evolution, Credited with the theory of
natural selection, rudimentary explanation for all of evolution
Charles Lyell - Answer- Incorporated Hutton's research into his hypothesis that those
geological processes are still happening at the same rate currently
Craig Venter - Answer- One of the first to successfully code the human genome
Erasmus Darwin - Answer- Charles Darwin's grandfather who had similar ideas to
Charles, just less of an explanation
Francis Crick - Answer- With the help of James Watson, discovered the structure of
DNA
Georges Cuvier - Answer- Noted that the older the stratum the more dissimilar the
fossils were to current organisms. Also noted extinctions commonly occurred, but
denied evolution
Rosalind Franklin - Answer- X-Ray diffraction images of DNA
Frederick Griffith - Answer- One of the first to suggest that bacteria can transfer
information through a process called transformation
Gregor Mendel - Answer- Reproduced peas and developed the law of independent
assortment and the law of segregation
Alfred Hershey - Answer- With Martha Chase discovered that it was actually phage
DNA, not protein, that made up genetic material
James Hutton - Answer- Proposed Earth's geologic features could be explained by
gradual mechanisms
James Watson - Answer- Discovered the double helix structure with Francis Crick
Jean-Baptise Lamarck - Answer- Was most likely the first to relate evolutionary
change to fossils and the patterns in them
Martha Chase - Answer- Worked with Alfred Hershey to discover phages made up
genetic material
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