Practice mode Plant Breeding and Genetics

Who coined the term chromosome?

Correct answer A. Waldeyer

Explanation

Wilhelm Waldeyer introduced the word chromosome in 1888, from Greek words for coloured body, because these structures stain deeply with dyes.

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