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Agriculture · Q621

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 621

Q621

The terms coined by Johannsen in 1903 are

A.
Gene
B.
Phenotype
C.
Genetics
D.
Both A and B
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
Solution:
The terms coined by Johannsen in 1903 are Gene and Phenotype.
Wilhelm Johannsen was a Danish pharmacist, botanist, plant physiologist, and geneticist. He is best known for coining the terms gene, phenotype, and genotype, and for his 1903 "pure line" experiments in genetics.