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Chromosome maps/genetic maps were first prepared by

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Sutton and Boveri (1902)

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Bateson and punnett (1906)

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Morgan (1910)

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Sturtevant (1911)

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Linkage or genetic or chromosome map is a linear graphical representation of the sequence and relative distances of the various genes present in a chromosome. The first chromosome maps were prepared by Sturtevant in 1911 for two chromosomes and in 1913 for all the four chromosomes of Drosophila.
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