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Genetics and Evolution II
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- 1What is the chromosome theory of inheritance?Chromosome behaviour in mitosis/meiosis correlates with gene behaviour
Chromosomes carry many gene-linkages - 2Draw Drosophila melanogaster chromosomes in mitosisFemale/Male
- 3Who did groundbreaking work on white eyed flies and what did he discover?Thomas Hunt Morgan
Discovered sex linkages and confirmed the chromosome theory of inheritance - 4Outline his cross-breeding workWhole shit load of back crossing and crosses here
- 5What was his final proof? (3)Examined flies that had extra Y chromosomes
XXY females are fertile and can transmit a y chromosome to their offspring
w1/Y males crossed to XXY females can generate w1/Y males - 6What is recombination?Exchange of genetic information between homologous chromosomes or sister chromatids, resulting in the formation of a hybrid chromosome
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