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MHT CET Medical202621 April 2026Morning ShiftBiologyPrinciples of Inheritance and VariationActual

Linkage of genes in plants was discovered by -----------------.

Options

  1. AT. H. Morgan
  2. BBateson and Punnet
  3. CSutton and Boveri
  4. DW. Waldeyar

Correct answer

B. Bateson and Punnet

Step-by-step solution

Linkage of genes in plants was first discovered by Bateson and Punnett in 1906. They observed this phenomenon in the sweet pea plant ( Lathyrusodoratus ) while studying the inheritance of flower colour and pollen shape, and proposed the coupling and repulsion hypothesis to explain the lack of independent assortment. T. H. Morgan later discovered and explained linkage in animals using Drosophilamelanogaster . Sutton and Boveri proposed the chromosomal theory of inheritance. W. Waldeyer coined the term chromosome. An

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