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How did Alfred Sturtevant contribute to the field of genetics based on Morgan's findings?

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a

By sequencing the Human Genome

b

By proving that genes are located on the X chromosome

c

By discovering the structure of DNA

d

By using the frequency of recombination to map the position of genes on chromosomes

answer is B.

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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. 

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