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Thomas Hunt Morgan, an Uncommon card
Thomas Hunt Morgan was an American evolutionary biologist, geneticist, and embryologist.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 73
- Power
- 146
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 41,000
Power 146 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Thomas Hunt Morgan quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Thomas Hunt Morgan card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 1933, he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries on the role of ______ in heredity.
Answer
chromosomes. In 1933, he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries on the role of chromosomes in heredity. From the Thomas Hunt Morgan article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Morgan received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in zoology in ____ and researched embryology during his tenure at Bryn Mawr.
Answer
1890s. Morgan received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in zoology in 1890 and researched embryology during his tenure at Bryn Mawr. From the Thomas Hunt Morgan article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Moshe Feiglin. Moshe Feiglin 80 · History of Corsica 77 · Thomas Hunt Morgan 73 · Chinese Rites controversy 70 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- In 1933, he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries on the role of chromosomes in heredity.
- Morgan received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in zoology in 1890 and researched embryology during his tenure at Bryn Mawr.
- Following the rediscovery of Mendelian inheritance in 1900, Morgan began to study the genetic characteristics of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Thomas Hunt Morgan article was read about 41,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 73: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
How to get Thomas Hunt Morgan
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Thomas Hunt Morgan (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
