Calvin Blackman Bridges (1889-1938) worked at the Carnegie Institution, studying genetic variations in fruit flies. The caption notes that Bridges's "demonstration of detailed structures within the chromosomes marks a revolutionary step forward in the understanding of character-inheritance by living things."
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