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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Principles of Inheritance and Variation

Question:

The experimental verification of the chromosomal theory of inheritance was given by:

Options:

Sturtevent

Thomas Hunt Morgan

Stadler

Charles Darwin

Correct Answer:

Thomas Hunt Morgan

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) -Thomas Hunt Morgan

Sutton and Boveri argued that the pairing and separation of a pair of chromosomes would lead to the segregation of a pair of factors they carried.Sutton united the knowledge of chromosomal segregation with Mendelian principles and called it the chromosomal theory of inheritance.

Following this synthesis of ideas, experimental verification of the chromosomal theory of inheritance by Thomas Hunt Morgan and his colleagues, led to discovering the basis for the variation that sexual reproduction produced.

Morgan worked with the tiny fruit flies, Drosophila melanogaster  which were found very suitable for such studies. They could be grown on simple synthetic medium in the laboratory. They complete their life cycle in about two weeks, and a single mating could produce a large number of progeny flies. Also, there was a clear differentiation of the sexes – the male and female flies are easily distinguishable. Also, it has many types of hereditary variations that can be seen with low power microscopes.