M Genetics 16gg8 ESD.77 the great unknown. Walter Sutton(1877-1916) Discovered that genes are part of the chromosomes inside the nucleus of cells still unexplained.. Darwin predicted continuous variation within species. In nature we often observe discontinuous variations strikingly different, unexpected variants sometimes appear, how to explain??? Hugo de Varis (1848-1935 developed a theory of mutation -at first seemingly at odds with Darwinism How has this dilemma been resolved? o Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Prof de Weck and Prof Willcox Engineering Systems Division and Dept of Aeronautics and Astronautics9 © Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Prof. de Weck and Prof. Willcox Engineering Systems Division and Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics Genetics Genetics … the great unknown …. Walter Sutton (1877-1916) • Discovered that genes are part of the chromosomes inside the nucleus of cells … still unexplained … Darwin predicted continuous variation within species. In nature we often observe discontinuous variations … strinkingly different, unexpected variants sometimes appear, how to explain ??? Hugo de Varis (1848-1935) developed a theory of mutation - at first seemingly at odds with Darwinism How has this dilemma been resolved?