Multiple choice

The word 'Genetics' was coined by

  1. Mendel

  2. Watson

  3. Johnson

  4. Bateson
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Explanation

William Bateson coined the term 'genetics' in 1905 and founded the discipline. Mendel discovered inheritance patterns, Watson co-discovered DNA structure with Crick, and Johnson was a geneticist who translated Mendel's work but did not coin the term.

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