Thomas Hunt Morgan
A geneticist who established the chromosome theory of heredity through his experiments with fruit flies, demonstrating that genes are located on chromosomes.
Most quoted
"If you want to make a discovery, you have to be willing to look where no one else is looking. Or at something everyone else is ignoring, like a fruit fly."
— from Attributed
"The human condition is one of constant striving and adaptation, and our understanding of heredity helps us to understand our place in the natural world."
— from Unknown
"My advice to young scientists: don't be afraid to make mistakes. That's how you find out what doesn't work, which is almost as important as what does."
— from Attributed
All quotes by Thomas Hunt Morgan (422)
Crossing over gives us a means of mapping the chromosomes.
The discovery of sex-linked inheritance in Drosophila opened the door to the study of heredity in animals.
The mutant characters follow Mendel's law.
Science is a dynamic process, not a static body of knowledge.
The cell is not merely a bag of enzymes.
The cytoplasm is the region in which the genes produce their effects.
The gene is the basis of life.
The problem of development is the problem of the action of the genes.
The order of the genes in the chromosome is linear.
The frequency of crossing over furnishes evidence of the distance between genes.
The chromosomes are constant in number and in individuality.
The Mendelian factors are located in the chromosomes.
The white-eye character in Drosophila is sex-linked.
The material basis of heredity resides in the chromosomes.
The germ cells are the bearers of the hereditary qualities.
The organism is the product of the interaction between the genes and the environment.
The science of genetics is the study of the behavior of the genes.
The mutation process is the ultimate source of all hereditary variation.
The gene is a hypothetical entity.
The chromosome theory of heredity rests on a broad experimental foundation.
Contemporaries of Thomas Hunt Morgan
Other Biologys born within 50 years of Thomas Hunt Morgan (1866–1945).