NEET2018ZoologyPrinciples of Inheritance and VariationActual
Select the correct statement.
Options
- ASpliceosomes take part in translation.
- BPunnett square was developed by a British botanist.
- CFranklin Stahl coined the term "linkage".
- DTransduction was discovered by S. Altman.
Correct answer
C. Franklin Stahl coined the term "linkage".
Step-by-step solution
Punnett Square is a checker-board used to show the result of a cross between two organisms. The checkerboard was devised by a British geneticist, Reginald Punnett (1927). It depicts both genotypes and phenotypes of the progeny. Genetic linkage is the tendency of DNA sequences that are close together on a chromosome to be inherited together during the meiosis phase of sexual reproduction. The term "linkage" was coined by T.H. Morgan. Franklin Stahl with Matthew Meselson proved the semi-conservative replication of DN