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What did Sutton and Boveri contribute to the field of genetics?

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a

They discovered the double helix structure of DNA

b

They identified the molecular structure of chromosomes.

c

They proposed the chromosomal theory of inheritance, linking chromosomal segregation with Mendelian principles.

d

They were the first to observe the process of mitosis and meiosis.

answer is C.

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. By 1902, the chromosome movement during meiosis had been worked out. Walter Sutton and Theodore Boveri noted that the behaviour of chromosomes was parallel to the behaviour of genes and used chromosome movement  to explain Mendel’s laws.

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