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Origin and Importance of Genetics Assignment 1B
Origin and Importance of Genetics Assignment 1B
1. Who were the scientists who contributed to the study of genetics? Complete the table
below.
Cytogenetics is the study of chromosomes and their role in heredity. I think that
all the scientists that have undergone continuous studies just to analyze and understand
the history of genetics are very important. These includes the contributions from
Hippocrates, Aristotle, Charles Darwin and others. Hippocrates theory was somehow
similar to Charles Darwin’s ideas on pangenesis. Aristotle’s suggestion that the physical
characteristics of organisms are stored in the male semen that interacts with the female
menstrual blood to form a new organism with fixed essence; Theory of Epigenesis
wherein the structures and organs of an organism only develop in the course of
individual development. Theory of Preformation wherein the entire organism is
performed in the sperm or in the and only had to unfold and grow; and the discovery of
Gregor Mendel on his study on pea plants gave birth to the development of the study in
genetics and was considered as the Father of Genetics.