Question

Who interpreted by observing the independent segregation of chromosomes during meiosis, that the factors they carry would also separate independently?

(a) Crick and Watson

(b) Newton and Einstein

(c) Sutton and Boveri

(d) Franklin and Wilkins

I got this question by my school teacher while I was bunking the class.

My enquiry is from Chromosomal Theory of Inheritance-3 topic in chapter Principles of Inheritance and Variation of Biology – Class 12

Answer 1

The correct answer is (c) Sutton and Boveri

Explanation: Sutton and Boveri had studied the segregation of chromosomes very closely by staining the cells and then developing a differential staining approach to visualize the pairs of chromosomes. To their surprise, this was very similar to the expectation of Mendel’s factors. Hence they made the conclusion that independent separation of chromosomes should lead to independent segregation of factors.