The history of Drosophila studies: steps in the development of genetics

Experimental genetic studies of Drosophila were initiated by T.H. Morgan in 1910, when he discovered the sex-linked white-eyed mutation, white. This discovery commenced the transformation of Mendel’s “hereditary factors” to more specific but no less enigmatic W.L. Johanssen’s “genes”. Owing to Droso...

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Main Authors: N. N. Yurchenko, A. V. Ivannikov, I. K. Zakharov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Cytology and Genetics of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2015-07-01
Series:Vavilovskij Žurnal Genetiki i Selekcii
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Online Access:https://vavilov.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/343