Process of Linkage in Genetics: Discovery of Linkage: The process of linkage was first of all discovered by Bateson and Punnet in 1906 in sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus) but the process was further described by Thomas Hunt Morgan in 1910. He studied the phenomenon in a fruit fly Drosophila Melanogaster. What is Linkage? The potential power of genes or the tendency of genes on chromosomes to stay together even after crossing over or heredity transmission is called linkage. The phenomenon of the process of linkage further demonstrates that why in fruit fly red-eye and grey-body colour occur in the same … Continue reading Process of Linkage in Genetics