Crossing over and gene mapping
Chromosomal theory of inheritance · Biology
DNA double helix
Interactive 3DThe twisted ladder of life — A–T and G–C base pairs winding 10 per turn.
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Study notes
Sturtevant, Morgan's 19-year-old student, made the first gene map in 1911 — from recombination percentages between Drosophila genes, drawn on a scrap of paper in one night. Modern genome sequencing still uses his logic: recombination frequency = map distance. Cystic fibrosis gene was found (1989) by mapping it to chromosome 7 before anyone knew its sequence.