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Principles of Inheritance and Variation question

2023 · Q3
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Principles of Inheritance and Variation question

2023 · Q3

NEETBiologyPrinciples of Inheritance and VariationMCQ+4 / −1

Frequency of recombination between gene pairs on same chromosome as a measure of the distance between genes to map their position on chromosome, was used for the first time by

  1. A
    Sutton and Boveri
  2. B
    Alfred Sturtevant
  3. C
    Henking
  4. D
    Thomas Hunt Morgan
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Correct answer: B

Alfred Sturtevant used the frequency of recombination between gene pairs on the same chromosome as a measure of the distance between genes and ‘mapped’ their position on the chromosome.

Sutton and Boveri proposed chromosomal theory of inheritance.

Henking discovered X-chromosome.

Thomas Hunt Morgan proved chromosomal theory of inheritance and proposed the concept of linkage.

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