Botany · Principles of Inheritance and Variation
NEET (UG) 2023 — Question 94
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
- Option A:
Sutton and Boveri
- Option B:Correct
Alfred STurtevant
- Option C:
Henking
- Option D:
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Answer: B
Step-by-step solution
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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- Exam
- NEET (UG) 2023
- Paper
- 2023 paper
- Subject
- Botany
- Chapter
- Principles of Inheritance and Variation
- Topic
- Inheritance of Two Genes