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The term genetics was coined by whom?


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Genetics:

Genetics is the study of heredity and genes. It deals with how certain traits are passed from parents to progeny as a result of variations in the sequence of DNA.

Coining of the term genetics

  1. The term genetics was coined by British biologist William Bateson in 1905.
  2. The word genetics was derived from the word gene.
  3. Gene is the heredity unit that comprises nucleotides in form of DNA and synthesizes an RNA or protein.

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