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Which scientist proposed the laws of inheritance after studying pea plants in the 1860s?
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Gregor Mendel
Which genetic technology uses short guide RNA and Cas9 to edit a chosen DNA sequence?
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CRISPR-Cas9
In genetics, what process produces genetically distinct egg or sperm cells through chromosome separation?
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Meiosis
What is the name of the three-base unit on DNA that specifies an amino acid or stop signal?
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Codon
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Which geneticist coined the term “gene” in 1909?
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Wilhelm Johannsen
Which human chromosome is the largest by physical length?
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Chromosome 1
Which bridge became famous for Cold War spy exchanges between West Berlin and East Germany?
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Glienicke Bridge
Which 18-year-old East German was shot and left dying at the Berlin Wall in 1962?
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Peter Fechter
On what date did the Berlin Wall fall, opening its crossings to Berliners?
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9 November 1989
Which Berlin Wall memorial includes the preserved Church of Reconciliation’s foundations?
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Berlin Wall Memorial
Which 1979 escape from East Germany used a homemade hot-air balloon?
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The Strelzyk-Wetzel balloon escape