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How was it concluded that genes are located on chromosomes?
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Walter Sutton and Theodor Boveri studied the behaviour of chromosomes and genes during meiosis. They observed that the movement of the chromosome and that of the gene was similar. Based on this observation, thy proposed that genes are located on chromosomes.
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