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Scientists and Related Fields
1. Ernst Mayr (1904-2004) : Evolutionary Biologist
2. Matthias Schleiden : German Botanist
3. Julius von Sachs : German Botanist
4. Theodore Schwann : British Zoologist
5. Cornelius van Niel : Microbiologist
6. Alfonso Corti : Italian Anatomist
7. Dr. W. Dudgeon : American Missionary Te ache r.
8. P. Mahe shwari : Indian Botanist
9. Reginald C. Punnet : British Ge neticist
10. George Gammow : Physicist
11. Alfred Wallace : Naturalist
12. Lamarck : French Naturalist
13. Edward Wilson : Sociobiologist.
14. Paul Ehrlich : Stanford Ecologist
15. Ramdeo Misra : Indian Ecologist
16. Francois Jacob : Gene ticist
17. Jacque Monad : Biochemist
18. Alexander von Humboldt : German Naturalist & Geographer
19. Rene Descartes : French Philosopher,
Mathematician and Biologist.
Sizes in NCERT Biology
1. Diameter of pollen grain : 25-50 micrometer.
2. Diameter of RBC : 7 micrometer.
3. Smallest cell : Mycoplasma (0.3 micron in length)
4. Largest cell : Egg of an ostrich
5. Typical eukaryotic cell : 10-20 Micron
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6. Typical eukaryotic plant cell : 50 micrometer
7. Typical plant ce ll : Onion cell
8. Typical eukaryotic cell cycle : Human cells in culture.
9. Size of bacteria : 3-5 micron
10. Typical bacteria : 1-2 micrometer
11. Viruses : 0.02 - 0.2 micrometer
12. Diameter of G.B. cisternae : 0.5-1 Micron
13. Diameter of mitochondria : 0.2-1 µm (Average 0.5 µm)
14. Length of mitochondria : 1-4.1 micron
15. Length of chloroplast : 5-10 micrometer (µm)
16. Width of chloroplast : 2-4 micrometer
17. Length of E. coli DNA : 1.36 mm
18. Length of Human DNA : 2.2 m
Experimental Materials
1. Engleman experiment : Cladophora (green algae).
2. Priestely experiment : Mint plant
3. Van Niel experiment : Purple & green sulphur bacteria
4. Mendel’s work : Garden pea (Pisum sativum).
5. Hugo de Vries work on mutation : Eve ning primrose.
6. Morgan’s work : Drosophila melanogaster.
7. Griffith e xperime nt : Streptococcus pneumoniae.
8. Hershy & Chase experiment : Bacteriophage [Bacterial viruses]
9. Meselson & Stahl experiment : E. coli bacteria.
10. Taylor’s work : Vicia faba (faba beans)
11. Me lvin Calvin’s work : Algal photosynthesis.
Ph.D.
1. 1931 : Katherine Esau (United state).
2. 1937 : Ramdeo Misra - In Ecology (From Leeds University, U.K.)
3. 1949 : G.N. Ramachanadaran (From Cambridge university)
4. 1950 : Watson-The effect of hard X-rays on bacteriophage multiplication
5. 1954 : Crick - X-ray diffraction: polypeptides & protein.
6. 1935 : Melvin Calvin-Ph.D. in chemistry (from University of Minnesota).
NOBEL PRIZES
1. 1945 : Fleming, Chain & Florey.
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