Question

Who introduced the term cistron Muton Recon?

Answer 1

1. Seymour Benzer introduced the term cistron, muton and recon to refer to the functional unit, mutational unit and recombinational unit of DNA, respectively.
2. A muton is the smallest length of DNA capable of giving rise to new form by mutation, whereas a recon is the smallest unit of DNA that gives rise to new forms by recombination.