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Milestones in Biological Science

Advanced Biology

A collection of historical facts regarding major discoveries and milestones in the field of biology.

history science biology

8 Questions Medium Ages 16+ Oct 31, 2026

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1 Which scientist is credited with the 1865 publication of 'Experiments on Plant Hybridization', laying the foundation for modern genetics?

A Gregor Mendel
B Charles Darwin
C Thomas Hunt Morgan
D Hugo de Vries

2 In 1953, who utilized X-ray diffraction images to help determine the double helix structure of DNA?

A Barbara McClintock
B Rosalind Franklin
C Erwin Chargaff
D Alfred Hershey

3 What 1928 experiment by Frederick Griffith demonstrated the phenomenon of bacterial transformation?

A The Meselson-Stahl experiment
B The Hershey-Chase experiment
C The Streptococcus pneumoniae experiment
D The Miller-Urey experiment

4 Which biologist coined the term 'cell' in his 1665 publication 'Micrographia' after observing cork tissue?

A Anton van Leeuwenhoek
B Theodor Schwann
C Robert Hooke
D Matthias Schleiden

5 In 1977, which team developed the chain-termination method for DNA sequencing, revolutionizing molecular biology?

A Frederick Sanger et al.
B James Watson and Francis Crick
C Kary Mullis
D Francis Collins

6 Who proposed the theory of 'endosymbiosis' in 1967 to explain the origin of eukaryotic organelles?

A Lynn Margulis
B Carl Woese
C George Gamow
D Stanley Miller

7 What is the name of the 1952 experiment that proved DNA, not protein, is the genetic material of bacteriophages?

A The Avery-MacLeod-McCarty experiment
B The Hershey-Chase experiment
C The Beadle-Tatum experiment
D The Luria-Delbrück experiment

8 Which scientist discovered the existence of 'jumping genes' or transposons while studying maize in the 1940s?

A Barbara McClintock
B Ronald Fisher
C Sewall Wright
D August Weismann

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