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Thomas Hunt Morgan: Chromosomes, mutation, and the birth of modern genetics

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  • General

Source:

  • UC Museum of Paleontology

Resource type:

  • Article

Time: 1 class period

Overview

Thomas Hunt Morgan and colleagues worked out the physical basis of Mendelian genetics (the chromosome) and established the field of genetics, an essential component of modern evolutionary theory.
This article is located within History of Evolutionary Thought.

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