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Inheritance of Two Genes

Question

The term "linkage" was coined by

Easy

A

G. Mendel
B

W. Sutton
C

T.H. Morgan
D

T. Boveri

Solution

The term linkage was coined by T.H. Morgan
Morgan carried out several dihybrid crosses in Drosophila to study genes that were sex-linked. Morgan attributed this due to the physical association or linkage of the two genes and coined the term linkage to describe this physical association of genes on a chromosome.
Chromosomal theory of inheritance given by W. Sutton and T. Boveri
G. Mendel is known as the father of Genetics.

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