An accepted theory that chromosomes are the material of inheritance, and that they are associated in paternal-maternal pairings; dervied from the collective work of Boveri, Sutton, and Morgan.

thereby providing concrete evidence for what became known as the chromosome theory of heredity. Early Breakthroughs: Mendel and Darwin Propose Mechanisms of Heredity The year 1865 was marked by ...

This video segment from NOVA: "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial" reveals how genetic evidence helped to confirm an important component of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection ...