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Two years work wasted, I have been breeding those flies for all that time and I've got nothing out of it.

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The egg of every species of animal or plant carries a definite number of bodies called chromosomes. The sperm carries the same number. Consequently, when the sperm unites with the egg, the fertilized egg will contain the double number of chromosomes.

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For each chromosome contributed by the sperm there is a corresponding chromosome contributed by the egg, there are two chromosomes of each kind, which together constitute a pair.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: September 25th, 1866

Died: December 4th, 1945

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