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Name the scientist who proposed the chromosomal theory of inheritance.


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Chromosomal theory of inheritance:

  1. The chromosomal theory of inheritance was proposed by Sutton and Boveri in 1902.
  2. It states that genes are located at specific places on chromosomes and that the behavior of chromosomes during meiosis can explain Mendel's laws of inheritance.

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