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The behaviour of the chromosomes was parallel to the behaviour of genes during meiosis was noted by
The behaviour of the chromosomes was parallel to the behaviour of genes during meiosis was noted by
Updated On: Jun 6, 2022
- Correns
- Tschermark
- Sutton and Boveri
- de Vries
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In 1900 the significance of Mendel?s work was realised almost simultaneously by three scientists, de Vries, Correns and Tschermark. It was an American, W. Sutton, however, who noticed the striking similarities
between the behaviour of chromosomes during gamete formation and fertilization, and the transmission of Mendel?s hereditary factors. Both the chromosomes as well as Mendelian factors (whether dominant or recessive) are transmitted from generation to generation in an unaltered form. The similarities led Walter Sutton and Theodore Boveri (1902) to postulate the ?Chromosomal Theory of Inheritance?. According to this theory, each pair of factors is carried by a pair of homologous chromosomes, with each chromosome carrying one of the factors. Since the number of characteristics of any organism vastly out number the chromosomes, as revealed by microscopy, each chromosomes must carry many factors.
between the behaviour of chromosomes during gamete formation and fertilization, and the transmission of Mendel?s hereditary factors. Both the chromosomes as well as Mendelian factors (whether dominant or recessive) are transmitted from generation to generation in an unaltered form. The similarities led Walter Sutton and Theodore Boveri (1902) to postulate the ?Chromosomal Theory of Inheritance?. According to this theory, each pair of factors is carried by a pair of homologous chromosomes, with each chromosome carrying one of the factors. Since the number of characteristics of any organism vastly out number the chromosomes, as revealed by microscopy, each chromosomes must carry many factors.
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Chromosomal theory: Linkage and Genetic Recombination
If two genes were present on the same chromosome, the chances of getting a parental combination were much higher in the next generation in comparison to the non-parental combination. This physical association of genes was termed ‘linkage’. The description of the non-parental gene combinations in a dihybrid cross is termed ‘genetic recombination'. After the discovery of linked genes, the frequency of linked genes also influenced the appearance of traits in the next generation.
Observations of Chromosomal Theory of Inheritance:
- During the cell division-meiosis process, the pairs of homologous chromosomes move as discrete structures, which are independent of other pairs of chromosomes.
- From each homologous pair, there is a random distribution of chromosomes into the pre-gametes.
- Each parent synthesizes gametes, which add up to only half of their chromosomal complement.
- Even though female (egg) and male (sperm) gametes differ in morphology and size, they have the same number of chromosomes, submitting equal genetic contributions from each parent.
- The gametic chromosomes fuse during the process of fertilization to produce offspring with the same number of a chromosome as their parents.
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