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the word gene was coined by
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The word 'Gene' was coined by:
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Johannsen's work in genetics laid the foundation for the modern understanding of heredity.
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Mendel
Johannsen
Lamarck
Darwin \bigskip
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The term 'gene' was coined by Johannsen in 1909 to describe a unit of heredity.
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