SOCR 330 Lecture Notes - Hugo De Vries, Theodor Boveri, Molecular Genetics
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Man has been applying basic principles of genetics to plant and animal breeding for thousands of years. Gregor mendel published results of his crosses with peas in 1865. Proposed particulate inheritance with factors passed from one generation to next. Radical departure from prevailing ideas of blended inheritance . Dutch botanist hugo de vries rediscovered mendel"s work in 1900. Applied it to his own plant hybridization experiments. Theodor boveri and walter sutton independently suggested in 1902 that mendel"s. Transmission genetics: study of how traits are inherited and expressed by individuals from one generation to the next. Molecular genetics: study of the molecules that encode and control expression of traits at the cellular level.
