Biological Science

Chapter 10: Mendel and the Gene

Summary 10.3

10.3 The Chromosome Theory of Inheritance (page 204)
Walter Sutton and Theodor Boveri realized that the movements of chromosomes during meiosis provide a physical basis for Mendel's principles of transmission genetics. Their chromosome theory of inheritance included the hypothesis that chromosomes are composed of genes.

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