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Which scientist is incorrectly matched with their discovery?

In a haploid dominant species

Genes A and B are on the same chromosome. An AABB individual is crossed to an aabb individual. The F1 offspring, which are AaBb, are crossed to aabb individuals. The F2 offspring can be AaBb, Aabb, aaBb, or aabb. Which of these four types do you expect to be the most common?

Mutations in genes are known to promote cancer. Which of the following types of mutations would not promote cancer?

A student is looking at cells under the microscope. The cells are from an organism that has a diploid number of fourteen. For one particular slide, a cell has 14 replicated chromosomes (14 pairs of sister chromatids) aligned in a double row along the metaphase plate. Which of the following statements accurately describes this particular cell?

The mechanism of gene transfer that involves direct contact between two bacterial cells is

Which of the following would be an induced mutation?

During DNA replication, proteins that are important for separating the DNA strands and allowing movement of the replication fork include each of these EXCEPT

Colchicine is a toxin that binds to tubulin proteins and prevents microtubules from elongating. What effect might this have on dividing cells?

A cross was made between a heterozygous tall plant (Tt) and a true-breeding dwarf plant. What is the expected F1 phenotypic ratio?