Who among the following coined the term ‘gene’?

Q. Who among the following coined the term ‘gene’?
Answer: W.L. Johanssen
Notes: Wilhelm Johannsen was a Danish botanist, plant physiologist, and geneticist. He is best known for coining the terms gene, phenotype and genotype, and for his 1903 "pure line" experiments in genetics.

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