Question

Which scientist, a student of Morgan, used recombination frequency to measure gene distances and create chromosome maps?

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• Theodore Boveri

• Gregor Mendel

• Alfred Sturtevant

• Walter Sutton

Answer 1

Alfred Sturtevant, a student of Thomas Hunt Morgan, developed the concept of using recombination frequency as a measure of genetic distance between genes on a chromosome. He used this principle to create the first chromosome maps, showing the relative positions of genes. This technique is fundamental to modern genome sequencing and analysis.