Question

Heat-shock response was first observed in which organism?

• A. C. elegans
• B. Drosophila
• C. Arabidopsis
• D. Bacteria

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Drosophila

Heat shock response on the form of production of heat shock proteins was first observed in Drosophila. In 1962, an Italian biologist was studying the development of Drosophila when it was observed that increasing the temperature, at which larvae grow new heat shock proteins appear on the chromosome