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Condensation chromosomes reach to its peak during early……..
a) telophase                
b) anaphase
c) prophase               
d) metaphase

c

Concept of Gene:


Who first time conceived the idea of hereditary units?
a) Alfred Wallace       
b) Jean. B. De Lamarck
c) Gregor John Mendel
d) Charles Darwin

d

Explanation: he proposed these units when he published his theory of pangenesis in 1868



In the model of “pangenesis”, circulating units called……..are accumulated in the gonads and transmitted to the offspring.
a) animalcules             
b) spermicules
c) gemmules              
d) ovules

c

Who discredited the theory of pangenesis about gemmules?
a) Wilhelm Johansson
b) Hugo de Vries
c) Gregor John Mendel
d) Francis Galton

d

Who took the term “pangenesis” and trimmed it to “pangene” for the assumed units of inheritance?
a) Wilhelm Johansson
b) Hugo de Vries
c) Gregor John Mendel
d) Francis Galton

b

Explanation: he argued that pangenes remained inside the cell and did not migrate



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