In this paper, McClintock and Creighton conclusively demonstrated the occurrence of genetic and cytological crossingover, a process assumed but not proven since 1910. In it they took two genetic markers and two cytological markers and demonstrated that when crossing-over occurred, they traveled together.
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Creighton et al. (1931) studied this question.
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