Practice mode Plant Breeding and Genetics

Who developed the pure line theory?

Correct answer A. Johannsen (1903)

Explanation

Wilhelm Johannsen proposed the pure line theory in 1903 after showing that selection within self-fertilised bean lines had no effect because variation was purely environmental.

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