Bioscience

Father of Biology : Aristole
Father of Modern Biology: Linnaeus
Father of Antibiotics : Alexander Fleming
Father of Taxonomy : Carolus Linnaeus
Father of Immunology : Edward Jenner
Father of Microbiology : Anton van Leenuwenhoek
Father of Modern Microbiology : Louis Pasteur
Father of Medical Microbiology : Robert Koch
Father of Pathology : Rudolph Virchow
Father of Bacteriology : Robert Koch
Father of Virology : W.M.Stanley
Father of Embryology : Aristotle
Father of Modern Embryology : Ernst Von Baer
Father of Physiology : Stephan Hales
Father of Modern experimental physiology : Calude Bernard
Father of Genetics : Rev. Gregor Mendel
Father of Modern Genetics : Bateson
Father of Human Genetics/ Biochemical genetics : Arachibald Garrod
Father of Experimental Genetics : T.H. Morgan
Father of Haploid Genetics / Neurospora Genetics : Dodge
Father of Ecology : Theophrastus
Father of Cloning : Ian Willmut
Father of Plant anatomy : Grew
Father of Histology (Microscopic anatomy) : Malpighi
Father of Cytology : Robert Hooke
Father of modern Cytology : Swanson
Father of Paleontology : Leonard da Vinci
Father of modern Paleontology : Cuvier
Father of Concept of Evolution: Empedocles
Father of Botany: Theophrastus
Father of Modern Botany : Bauhin
Father of Zoology : Aristotle
Father of Biochemistry : Liebig
Father of Epidemiology : John Snow
Father of Plant Pathology : de Bary
Father of Modern Pathology : Rudolf Virchow
Father of Genetic Engineering : Paul Berg
Father of Gene therapy : Anderson
Father of Ethology : Konard Lorentz
Father of Endocrinology : Thomas Addison
Father of Eugenics : Galton
Father of Gerantology : Korenchevsk
Father of Palynology : Erdtman
Father of Stress physiology : Hans Selye
Father of Electrocardiography : Einthoven
Father of DNA Fingerprinting : Alec Jeffery
Father of Mycology : Micheli
Father of Bryology : Hedwig
Father of Phycology:Father of ATP cycle: Lipmann
Father of Chemotherapy :Father of Anatomy : Herophilus
Father of Modern Anatomy : Andreas Vesalius
Father of actinobiology / radiation biology : HJVS Muller
Father of Homeopathy : Hahnemann
Father of Ayurveda : Charka
Father of Surgery and Plastic Surgery : Susruta
Father of Blood circulation : William Harvey
Father of Medicine : Hippocrates
Father of Blood Group : Landsteiner
Father of Polio Vaccine : Jonas Salk
Father of Green Revolution: Norman Borlaug

5. Which one of the following statements is true?
a. An allele is either dominant or recessive, not in between.
b. A particular gene can have only two alleles.
c. A single trait can be affected by many different genes.
d. The environment is irrelevant to gene expression

Genetic recombination (crossing over) produces __________.

a. new chromosomes
b. mutations
c. new combinations of alleles
d. longer chromosomes

Activation of the alternative pathway involves…
A. C1
B. C2
C. C3
D. C5
E. C9

Newborns…
A. receive IgM antibodies from the mother through placental transfer
B. receive maternal B cells C. have very few lymphocytes in their
circulation
D. respond to antigens as well as do adults
E. have virtually a full complement of maternal IgG antibodies

Haemolytic disease of the newborn due to Rhesus incompatibility depends
upon the…
A. mother possessing Rh antigens not present on the baby’s red cells
B. inability of the baby to react against the mother’s red cells
C. transplacental passage of IgM anti-Rh antibodies
D. transplacental passage of IgG anti-Rh antibodies
E. production of cytotoxic antibodies in the baby

Phagocytosis…
A. is carried out by cells of the adaptive immune system
B. is restricted to macrophages
C. is important in bacterial infections
D. is a process that does not involve energy
E. results in division of the cell

Macrophages…
A. circulate in the blood stream
B. produce nitric oxide
C. have receptors for IgM
D. are the first leucocytes to arrive at the site of a skin infection
E. are the main immune cells for dealing with viruses

Mohammad Owais
The Fab portion of IgG…
A. binds to an Fc receptor
B. contains the J chain
C. contains the idiotype of the IgG
D. mediates biological effector functions of Ab molecules(e.g.
complement fixation)

Which types of proteins are involved in nutrient transport and why?
a. Integral proteins because they span the membrane, thereby carrying nutrients across the membrane.
b. Peripheral proteins because they are smaller and can travel across the membrane, thereby carrying nutrients across the membrane.
c. Integral proteins because they are smaller and can travel across the membrane, thereby carrying nutrients across the membrane.
d. Peripheral proteins because they span the membrane, thereby carrying nutrients across the membrane.

What does oxygen allow humans to do?
a. Breathe.
b. Produce food.
c. Digest food.
d. Produce ATP from food.

Which of the following have the most entropy?
a. Glucose.
b. Carbon atoms.
c. A cell.
d. Glycogen.

What is the term for an observable trait of an organism?
a. Element.
b. Phenotype.
c. Pleitropy.
d. Genotype.

Water is an important solvent of life because:
a. It forms covalent bonds.
b. It is ionic.
c. It has cohesive properties.
d. It forms hydrogen bonds.

The continuous part of the plasma membrane is the:
a. Carbohydrate.
b. Phospholipid bilayer.
c. Nucleotides.
d. Protein.

Which of the following is not a property of life?
A) molding or adapting to one's environment
B) regulating materials that enter or leave the system
C) responding to stimuli
D) maintaining a relatively constant internal condition
E) reproducing, passing hereditary material to the next generation

According to Darwin's theory of evolution
A) all individuals have an equal chance of surviving and reproducing
B) species are immutable
C) tortoises are the modern descendents of glyptodonts
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

When it was shown that animals could reproduce geometrically but didn't, Darwin concluded that
A) the mathematics was faulty
B) the study from which the conclusions were drawn was flawed
C) they failed to reach their potential because of the selective action of nature
D) they actually reproduce arithmetically

Homologous structures among animals provide evidence for evolution in that these structures are
A) different in different animals, but are modifications of the same basic structure
B) similar in function, but of different basic structure
C) all shown in the fossil record
D) all produced by the same gene

The "scientific method" involves all of the following except
A) imagination and insight
B) an educated guess
C) a rigid set of logical steps
D) a suspicion of what the truth might be

In the study of science
A) deductive reasoning may be used, but inductive reasoning is preferred
B) inductive reasoning may be used, but deductive reasoning is preferred
C) only inductive reasoning is used
D) either deductive reasoning, inductive reasoning, or both may be used

Which of the following is NOT an example of asexual reproduction?
A. Amoebas produced by binary fission
B. Primroses produced from the seeds of cross-pollinated plants
C. Potato plants grown from cuttings off the same
D. Hydras which have arisen by budding from a single parent

Plant leaves appear green because they ____ light spectrum.
a. Scatter all colors except the green portion of the visible.
b. Scatter the green portion of the visible.
c. Absorb the green portion of the visible.
d. Scatter the green portion of the ultraviolet.