Chromosome theory of inheritance (Sutton-Boveri)
Teoría cromosómica de la herencia
- Date
- 1902-1903 · confidence high
- Place
- Columbia University, New York / Munich
- Credited to
- Walter Sutton and Theodor Boveri
- People
- 👤 Theodor Boveri1862–1915👤 Walter Sutton1877–1916
- Field
- Life & health
What was discovered
Chromosomes behave in meiosis exactly like Mendel's factors (pairs that segregate), so they must be the physical carriers of heredity.
What it led to
- Morgan's Drosophila genetics
- medical cytogenetics
- the concept of the gene as a chromosomal locus
Built on
- Meiosis1876-1890
- Rediscovery of Mendel's laws1900
- rediscovery of Mendel