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Page 1 of 1Thomas Hunt Morgan
September 25, 1866 - December 4, 1945
Nationality: American
Category: Scientist
Subcategory: American Scientist
|  The egg of every species of animal or plant carries a definite number of bodies called chromosomes. The sperm carries the same number. Consequently, when the sperm unites with the egg, the fertilized egg will contain the double number of chromosomes. | | For each chromosome contributed by the sperm there is a corresponding chromosome contributed by the egg, there are two chromosomes of each kind, which together constitute a pair. | | Two years work wasted, I have been breeding those flies for all that time and I've got nothing out of it. | | One of the most amazing developments in the history of biology. |
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