Which biologist first used the term'genetics'?
Charles Darwin
Gregor Mendel
Jean Baptiste Lamarck
William Bateson
Answer
William Bateson (1861–1926) was a British biologist and geneticist who first used the term "genetics". He is considered one of the pioneers of the field of genetics, and his work helped to lay the foundation for the modern understanding of heredity. Bateson's research focused on the inheritance of traits in plants, and he was one of the first scientists to demonstrate that traits could be inherited in a Mendelian fashion.
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