NEETZoologyPrinciples of Inheritance and Variation
Who noted that the behavior of chromosomes was parallel to the behavior of genes?
Options
- AWalter Sutton and Theodore Boveri
- BGregor Mendel and Hugo de Vries
- CCarl Correns and Erich von Tschermak
- DThomas Hunt Morgan and Barbara McClintock
Correct answer
A. Walter Sutton and Theodore Boveri
Step-by-step solution
In 1900, three Scientists (de Vries, Correns and von Tschermak) independently rediscovered Mendel’s results on the inheritance of characters. Also, by this time due to advancements in microscopy that were taking place, scientists were able to carefully observe cell division. This led to the discovery of structures in the nucleus that appeared to double and divide just before each cell division. These were called chromosomes (colored bodies, as they were visualised by staining). By 1902, the chromosome movement duri