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Select the incorrect statement.
BiologyPrinciples of Inheritance and VariationNEET
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  • A Morgan carried out several dihybrid crosses in Drosophila to study the genes that were sex linked.
  • B Sturtevant used the frequency of recombination between gene pairs on the same chromosome as a measure of the distance between genes and mapped their position on chromosome.
  • C Phenylketonuria is an example of autosomal recessive inheritance.
  • D Boveri united the knowledge of chromosomal segregation with Mendelian principles and called it the chromosomal theory of inheritance.
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The correct answer is: Boveri united the knowledge of chromosomal segregation with Mendelian principles and called it the chromosomal theory of inheritance.
Sutton and Boveri argued that the pairing and separation of a pair of chromosomes would lead to segregation of a pair of factor they carried. Sutton united the knowledge of chromosomal segregation with Mendelian principles and called it the chromosomal theory of inheritance.

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