This document provides an overview of genetic linkage and mapping. It discusses how Thomas Morgan established the chromosome theory of inheritance by discovering genetic linkage between genes located on the same chromosome. Genes located close together on a chromosome assort together more often than genes farther apart due to less recombination between linked genes. The document describes Morgan's early experiments in Drosophila that demonstrated genetic linkage between eye color and wing size genes. It also explains how Alfred Sturtevant created the first genetic linkage map by quantifying recombination frequencies between linked genes on the X chromosome. The concept of map units (centiMorgans) is introduced as a way to represent the physical distance between genes based on their recombination rate.