The Geneticist Who Discovered the White Eye Mutation in Drosophila

question 34

Multiple Choice

The geneticist who discovered the white eye mutation in Drosophila and helped establish that genes are carried on chromosomes was

• A)Mendel.
• B)Sutton.
• C)Sturtevant.
• D)Janssens.
• E)Morgan.

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