Plant Genetics
What is an Allele?
Alternate form/variant of a gene
Which naturalist died during the eruptions of Mount Vesuvius??
Pliny the Elder
The powerhouse of the cell.
Mitochondria!!
FIRST DOMESTICATED PLANT
Figs!
List Mendel's two laws:
Law of Segregation, Law of Independent Assortment
Scientist who developed binomial nomenclature/modern plant taxonomy:
Carl Linnaeus
3 features only found in plant cells.
chloroplast, central vacuole, cell wall
List 3 crops that were transported from the Old World to the Americas during the Columbian Exchange:
Any of:
Wheat, bananas, sugarcane, coffee, rice, citrus fruits
What types of cells does meiosis create?
haploid cells/sperm and egg cells/gametes
What is George Washington Carver known for?
Promoting crop rotation (for nitrogen-fixing), came up with lots of uses for peanuts.
The 2 different pathways through which water can enter the plant.
Apoplast and Symplast
What major shift occurred during the Neolithic Agricultural Revolution?
Society transitioned from hunting-gathering to agriculture.
How many sets of chromosomes in a diploid cell?
2
Greek botanist who had a major impact on pharmacology:
Dioscorides
What is one thing that makes up the structure cell wall? (couple of options)
Cellulose, hemicellulose, pectin, lignin
What region was wheat first cultivated in?
Fertile Crescent!
Through what process does the sporophyte produce spores?
Meiosis
Plant anatomist who studied the phloem and wrote Plant Anatomy textbook.
Katherine Esau
1st step in plant cytokinesis?
Phragmoplast forms in the middle of the cell.
Describe what change occurred during the Green Revolution.