Practice mode Plant Breeding and Genetics

Who coined the term mitosis?

Correct answer B. Flemming (1882)

Explanation

Walther Flemming, who studied cell division using stained chromosomes, introduced the term mitosis in 1882 from the Greek word for thread.

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