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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Institute of Cytology and Genetics of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
2015-07-01
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Series: | Vavilovskij Žurnal Genetiki i Selekcii |
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Online Access: | https://vavilov.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/343 |