STURTEVANT, Alfred Henry (1891 – 1970)

Proof that the genes are arranged in a linear sequence along the chromosome. Sturtevant determined the relative positions of six genetic factors on a fly’s chromosome by creating a process called gene mapping. T…

MORGAN, Thomas Hunt (1866 – 1945) STURTEVANT, Alfred Henry (1891 – 1970)

BRIDGES, Calvin Blackman (1889 – 1938)

MULLER, Hermann Joseph (1890 – 1967)

Summarizes the major early findings of Morgan’s Drosophila research group, which based its research on the rapidly reproducing small vinegar fly, Drosophila melanogaster, often called the fruit fly. This epoch-m…