Principle Of Inheritance And Variation Question 121

Question: Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched

[MP PMT 1993]

Options:

A) Morgan Discovered the process of linkage

B) Linus Pauling Isolated DNA for the first time

C) Francis Crick Discovered the phenomenon of transformation

D) H. Khorana Discovered that a sequence of 3 nucleotides codes for a single amino acid

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Answer:

Correct Answer: A

Solution:

It was Morgan (1910) who clearly proved and defined linkage on the basis of his breeding experiments in fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster.