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Thomas Hunt Morgan
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Thomas Hunt Morgan established the chromosomal theory of inheritance. He used fruit flies with eye color mutations to demonstrate sex-linked inheritance patterns. DNAi location: Timeline > pre 1920s
Keywords:
chromosomal theory of inheritance,thomas hunt morgan,sex linked inheritance,theory of inheritance,color mutations,inheritance patterns,fruit flies,columbia university,eye color,chromosomes,fly
This work by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.Related content:
- 16262. Concept 10: Chromosomes carry genes.
- Fruit flies help to reveal that chromosomes carry genes.
- SOURCE: DNAFTB
- 16263. Animation 10: Chromosomes carry genes.
- Thomas Hunt Morgan describes his discoveries using fruit flies.
- SOURCE: DNAFTB
- 16297. Biography 11: Alfred Henry Sturtevant (1891-1970)
- Alfred Sturtevant was a student of Thomas Hunt Morgan. Sturtevant provided proof of genetic linkage.
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- 16146. Gallery 1: Thomas Hunt Morgan and daughters, 1920
- Thomas Hunt Morgan (1933 winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work on the chromosomal theory of inheritance), with his daughters, Isabel (left) and Lilian (right), 1920.
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- 16277. Biography 10: Thomas Hunt Morgan (1866-1945)
- Thomas Hunt Morgan was one of the first true geneticists.
- SOURCE: DNAFTB
- 16314. Concept 13: Mendelian laws apply to human beings.
- Family pedigrees provided evidence of Mendelian inheritance in humans.
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- 16993. New York Stories: Exploring Mutant Organisms - The Fly Room
- New York high school students set out to find Thomas Hunt Morgan's "Fly Room" at Columbia University, where seminal genetics research took place in the early 20th century.
- SOURCE: DNALC
- 16298. Biography 11: Calvin Blackman Bridges (1889-1938)
- Calvin Bridges was a student of Thomas Hunt Morgan. Bridges advanced the theory of chromosomal non-disjunction, and did a lot of work on chromosomal banding patterns.
- SOURCE: DNAFTB
- 16668. Animation 32: Some DNA can jump.
- Barbara McClintock presents her work with maize.
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- 16278. Problem 10: Chromosomes carry genes.
- Perform some fruit fly crosses.
- SOURCE: DNAFTB
