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Who is generally credited with creating the first genetic linkage map? who is generally credited with creating the first genetic linkage map? alfred sturtevant gregor mendel thomas hunt morgan bateson and punnett?

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Linkage maps were first developed by Alfred Sturtevant, a student of Thomas Hunt Morgan. A genetic map is a map based on the frequencies of recombination between markers during crossover of homologous chromosomes.