Question

"Factor" word for heredity was first used by
(a) H. Khorana
(b) Griffith
(c) Watson and Crick
(d) Mendel

Answer 1

"The “Factor” word for hereditary was first used by scientist George Mendel.

In breeding experiments between the years 1856 and 1865, Gregor Mendel first traced inheritance patterns of certain traits in pea plants and showed that they obeyed simple statistical rules with some traits being dominant and others being recessive.

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