Question

Why was Thomas Morgan’s work with fruit flies important?

Answer 1

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Thomas H. morgan , also known as father of experimental genetics.

he worked on

drosophila Melanogaster (fruit fly )

belongs to Phylam - Arthropoda

Class - insecta

★Drosophila can be cultured in ripened banana.

★ Working on drosophila was helpful because

• it has shortar life span , i.e it completes its life cycle in 2 weeks .

• Also, it produce large number of progeny .

• male and female drosophila are easy to distinguish.

while working on drosophila he gave the term linkage.

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