Multiple choice

Which of the following terms were coined by Wilhelm Johansen?

  1. Gene, Allele, Genetics

  2. Gene, Genotype, Phenotype

  3. Factor, Genotyepe, Phenotype

  4. Allele, Genotype, Genetics

  5. Â Phenotype, factor, Allele
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Explanation

Danish botanist Wilhelm Johannsen coined the word gene in 1909 to describe these fundamental physical and functional units of heredity. Wilhelm Johannsen coined the terms genotype and phenotype in 1911.

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