NEETZoologyPrinciples of Inheritance and Variation
Which scientists independently rediscovered Mendel's results on the inheritance of characters in 1900?
Options
- AHugo de Vries, Carl Correns, and Erich von Tschermak
- BWalter Sutton and Theodore Boveri
- CGregor Mendel and Thomas Hunt Morgan
- DBarbara McClintock and Carl Correns
Correct answer
A. Hugo de Vries, Carl Correns, and Erich von Tschermak
Step-by-step solution
In 1900, three Scientists (de Vries, Correns and von Tschermak) independently rediscovered Mendel’s results on the inheritance of characters. Also, by this time due to advancements in microscopy that were taking place, scientists were able to carefully observe cell division. This led to the discovery of structures in the nucleus that appeared to double and divide just before each cell division. These were called chromosomes (colored bodies, as they were visualized by staining). By 1902, the chromosome movement duri