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MCQ : The term genetics was coined by

August 28, 2023

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Question

The term genetics was coined by

Mendel
Muller
Bateson
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William Bateson

Explanation:

The term genetics was coined by William Bateson, who was an English biologist and geneticist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Bateson was a strong proponent of Gregor Mendel’s work on inheritance in pea plants and helped to popularize Mendel’s laws of inheritance.

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