Question

Which of the following ideas or events related to the chromosomal theory of inheritance is FALSE?

a)Chromosomes were first observed in dividing cells in 1882.
b)Mendel was the first to discover that chromosomes contain genes.
c)Chromosomes are made of a single molecule of DNA and many proteins.
d)Genes are located in specific places on the chromosome, called loci.

Answer 1

The false idea or event related to the chromosomal theory of inheritance is that b) Mendel was the first to discover that chromosomes contain genes.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the context of the chromosomal theory of inheritance, the idea or event that is FALSE is option b) Mendel was the first to discover that chromosomes contain genes.

The correct statement is that chromosomes carry genes, as stated by Walter Sutton and Theodor Boveri in the early 1900s.

It was their observations of chromosome behavior during meiosis that led to the development of the Chromosomal Theory of Inheritance, which identified chromosomes as the genetic material responsible for Mendelian inheritance.