Which scientist was instrumental in promoting the study of heredity?
Gregor Mendel
Marie Curie
Charles Darwin
William Bateson
Answer
William Bateson was a British geneticist who was instrumental in promoting the study of heredity. He coined the term "genetics" and was the first to suggest that chromosomes were the carriers of heredity. He also developed a system of classifying inherited traits, and he was one of the first scientists to recognize the importance of Mendel's laws of heredity.
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