Cruickshank's Work Was Important for All of the Following Reasons

question 36

Multiple Choice

Cruickshank's work was important for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

• A)the children he studied had cerebral palsy,definitely caused by brain damage.
• B)most of the children had average intelligence.
• C)he was among the first to have an educational program for children with characteristics of what is now called ADHD.
• D)he showed that hyperactivity could exist concomitantly with intellectual disabilities.

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Definitions:

Pyrimidines

One of the two classes of nitrogenous bases found in nucleic acids, including cytosine, thymine (in DNA), and uracil (in RNA).

Bacteriophages

Viruses that infect and replicate within bacteria.

Alfred Hershey

An American bacteriologist and geneticist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1969 for his work on the genetics of viruses, including the famous Hershey-Chase experiment.

Martha Chase

An American geneticist who, along with Alfred Hershey, performed experiments confirming that DNA is the genetic material of life.