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Which of the following statements are true regarding gene?

i. Mendel is the father of Genetics.

ii. William Bateson coined the term "genetics".

iii. Wilhelm Johannsen coined the word "gene".


1. Statement (i) and (ii) is true
2. Statement (i) and (iii) is true
3. Statement (ii) and (iii) is true
4. All are true

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Correct Answer - Option 4 : All are true

The correct answer is All are true.

  • Gregor Mendel is the father of Genetics.
  • He experimented on Pea Plant (Pisum Sativum).
  • Wilhelm Johannsen coined the word "gene".
  • Gene is a unit of inheritance.
  • William Bateson in 1905 coined the term genetics from the word "gene".

Notes:

  • Mendel gave four laws and they are :
    • Principles of Paired Factors
    • Principle of Dominance
    • Law of Segregation or Law of Purity of Gametes (Mendel's First Law of Inheritance)
    • Law of Independent Assortment (Mendel's Second Law of Inheritance)
  • Some important names:
Name Associated with
Carlous Linnaeus Father of Taxonomy
Francis Galton Father of Eugenics
Hippocrates Father of Medicine
Hugo de Vries Father of Mutation Theory
Leonardo Da Vinci Father of Palaeontology
William Harvey Father of blood circulation
Rudolph Virchow Father of Pathology
Karl Landsteiner Father of Blood Groups
Morgan Father of Modern Genetics
Robert Hooke Father of Cytology
W. M. Stanley Father of virology
Edward Jenner Father of Immunology
Louis Pasteur Father of Microbiology
Reiter Father of Ecology
Robert Koch Father of Bacteriology
Paul Berg Father of Genetic Engineering
Ivan Pavlov Father of Conditioned Reflex
Empedocles Father of Evolutionary Ideas
Marcello Malpighi Father of Microscopy
Micheli Father of Mycology
Christopher Hales Father of Plant Physiology
Charaka Father of Indian Medicine
Susruta Father of Indian surgery
Birbal Sahni Father of Indian Palaeobotany
R. Mishra Father of Indian Ecology

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