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postnew [5]
3 years ago
15

Morgan and his fruit flies are famous for two discoveries. What are they and how do they help us in understanding genetics?

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1 answer:
ch4aika [34]3 years ago
5 0
Thomas Hunt Morgan, who studied fruit flies, provided the first strong confirmation of the chromosome theory. Morgan discovered a mutation that affected fly eye color. ... Based on the inheritance pattern, Morgan concluded that the eye color gene must be located on the X chromosome.
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