The Boveri-Sutton Theory Links Chromosomes to Heredity
Overview
Cytologists had established links between cell theory and theories of evolution and heredity by the beginning of the twentieth century. ...
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Walter S. Sutton
1877-1916
American molecular biologist who laid the foundation for the chromosomal theory of heredity—a science that has altered the lives of humans, animals, and plants. He wo...
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Walter Stanborough Sutton was a surgeon and a biologist who advanced the findings and confirmed the genetic theories of Gregor Mendel. A physician in private practice for the last half of his life, Su...
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Walter Stanborough Sutton was a surgeon and a biologist who advanced the findings and confirmed the genetic theories of Gregor Mendel. A physician in private practice for the last half of his life, Su...
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Walter Sutton spent most of his childhood on the family farm in Kansas with his parents and six brothers. He entered the University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1896 to study engineering. The following ye...
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