Question

Who was awarded the Nobel Prize for the contribution to finding the nature of the gene?
A. De Vries
B. T. H. Morgan
C. H. J. Muller
D. Darwin

Answer 1

The Nobel Prize for the contribution in finding the nature of gene was awarded in 1933.

Complete answer: De Vries (Hugo de Vries) was a Dutch botanist and also one of the first geneticists. He was known majorly for suggesting the concept of gene and also for rediscovering the laws of heredity.
1. H. J. Muller (Hermann Joseph Muller) was an American geneticist.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery of the production of mutations by means of X-ray irradiation, in the year 1946.
2. Charles Darwin was an English biologist who was well known for his contributions to evolutionary studies. He published his theory of evolution in the book ‘the origin of species’ in the year 1859. He was awarded Nobel Prize after his death in 1882.
3. T. H. Morgan (Thomas Hunt Morgan) was an American geneticist.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his contribution in finding the nature of the gene in the year 1933.

Additional information: Morgan conducted statistical studies in fruit flies on the ways in which genetic traits are passed from one generation to the next.
His conclusions were based on phenotypic results. The rediscovery of giant polytene chromosomes enabled him to confirm the results on a phenotypic basis.
He came to understand that the genes are organized in a long row inside the chromosomes which are inside the cell nuclei.

Hence the correct option is ‘B’.

Note: Only two people from the list of options have actually received a Nobel Prize. One is H. J. Muller for mutational studies and the other is T. H. Morgan for finding the nature of the gene.