Question

Who put forward the "Theory of linkage''
A) Sutton
B) Morgan
C) De Vries
D) Bateson and Punnet

Answer 1

Who put forward the "Theory of linkage"
Ans.B) Morgan

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer is 'option B'

Explanation:

• Morgan put forward the theory of linkage.
• Based on his experiments on Drosophila melanogaster Morgan along with Castle put forward the chromosomal theory of linkage.
• According to this theory Genes present on the same chromosome tend to be inherited together.
• Such genes are called linked genes as they show linkage.
• He also approved the chromosomal theory of inheritance.
• T.H. Morgan was an American geneticist and biologist.
• he also explained that the segregation of one allele does not depend not affect the other pair.