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Who termed ge...
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Who termed gene?
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Gene:
A gene is a unit of inheritance.
It has genetic information in it.
It is passed on from one generation to the next.
It also determines an individual's characteristics.
The term gene was coined by Wilhelm Johannsen, but the concept of a gene was given by Sutton in 1902.
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