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Who Is the father of experimental genetics?


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Thomas Hunt Morgan:

  1. He is known as the father of experimental genetics.
  2. He gave the experimental evidence of the chromosomal theory of inheritance.
  3. He received the Nobel prize in 1933 for his work on Drosophila to prove the role of chromosomes in heredity.
  4. He discovered the white-eyed mutation in Drosophila and also discovered sex-linked inheritance.

Final answer: Thomas Hunt Morgan is known as father of experimental genetics


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