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Agriculture · Q956

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 956

Q956

The term genetics is coined by

A.
Johannsen
B.
Bateson
Answer
C.
Muller
D.
Morgan

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
The term genetics is coined by Bateson.
William Bateson (8th August 1861 - 8th February 1926) was an English biologist who was the first person to use the term genetics to describe the study of heredity and the chief populariser of the ideas of Gregor Mendel.
Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms. Trait inheritance and molecular inheritance mechanisms of genes are primary principles of genetics.