Question

Pick the three scientists who independently rediscovered Mendel’s work among the following.
i) Sutton ii) Boveri iii) Hugo de Vries iv) Carl Correns v) Erich von Tschermak vi) Morgan

• A. i, ii and iii
• B. ii, iii and iv
• C. iii, iv and v
• D. iv, v and vi

Answer 1

The correct option is C iii, iv and v

Three botanists, working independently during the 1900s, rediscovered Mendel's findings. They were Hugo de Vries, Carl Correns and Erich von Tschermak.

Sutton and Boveri proposed the chromosomal theory of inheritance.

The experimental proof for the chromosomal theory of inheritance was given by Morgan. His experimental material was fruit fly.