1983/11/01 by John A. Moore · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Arts and Humanities · #Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research #Philosophy and History of Science #Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
paper · doi:10.1093/icb/23.4.855
openalex publication_date 1983/11/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
The major contribution of the Thomas Hunt Morgan School of Drosophila genetics was to establish, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the Mendelian factors are parts of chromosomes. That hypothesis was first stated, with great clarity, by Walter S. Sutton in 1903. The supporting data were few and most biologists, including Morgan, found the argument insufficient. In 1910 Morgan reversed his position when he began his analysis of the inheritance of sex-linked mutants in Drosophila.