In 1910, Thomas Hunt Morgan's fly lab at Columbia University established the chromosomal theory of inheritance by tracing certain genes to a specific chromosome. He found that some genes are sex linked, tracking them to the X chromosome in fruit flies, and in the process made the fruit fly a standard model organism for genetics research. Morgan later won the Nobel Prize in physiology for this work.
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36:16and it is what it is. This is the invention of quidd proquo. Moving on to 1910, discovery of the chromosomeal theory of inheritance. And we just two episodes ago touched on inheritance in a different context, but this in and of itself very important. Yes. And uh we've actually covered this in that episode. This was Thomas Hunt Morgan with the fly lab at Columbia University. He discovered that there are certain genes that are sex linked and he could trace those genes to the sex chromosomes, the X chromosome on fruit flies. He also established the fruitfly as a um model organism for research. So any fruitfly lab that's out there, you can thank
36:58Thomas Hunt Morgan. He won the Nobel Prize in uh physiology. >> Shout out to the Drosophila labs that are out there. 1911 discovery of tumor inducing viruses. >> Yes, this was pathologist Francis Payton Rouse. He discovered that cancer could be transmitted by an infectious agent at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical