The Mechanism of Mendelian Heredity
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The Mechanism of Mendelian Heredity is a foundational early 20th-century genetics book that established the chromosome theory of inheritance through experimental work with fruit flies.
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| instanceOf |
biology textbook
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genetics book ⓘ scientific book ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Drosophila research tradition
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Morgan school of genetics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author |
Alfred Henry Sturtevant
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Calvin Blackman Bridges NERFINISHED ⓘ Hermann Joseph Muller NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Hunt Morgan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | experimental work with Drosophila melanogaster ⓘ |
| contribution |
demonstrated correlation between recombination frequency and gene distance
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helped establish the chromosome theory of inheritance ⓘ integrated Mendelian genetics with cytology ⓘ introduced early genetic linkage maps ⓘ provided strong evidence that genes are located on chromosomes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| field |
biology
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chromosome theory of inheritance ⓘ cytology ⓘ genetics ⓘ |
| hasPart |
chapters on cytological evidence for genes
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chapters on linkage and crossing over ⓘ chapters on mutation ⓘ chapters on sex-linked inheritance ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
foundational work in classical genetics
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key text in the development of modern genetics ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century biological thought
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development of gene concept ⓘ later genetics textbooks ⓘ |
| laboratoryContext | Columbia University fly room NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Drosophila melanogaster
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Mendelian inheritance NERFINISHED ⓘ crossing over ⓘ genetic mapping ⓘ linkage ⓘ mutation ⓘ sex-linked inheritance ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1915 ⓘ |
| publisher | Henry Holt and Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Drosophila genetics
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Mendelian inheritance NERFINISHED ⓘ chromosome theory ⓘ classical genetics ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| usedAs | university-level genetics text ⓘ |
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