Practice mode Plant Breeding and Genetics

Who coined the term genetic load?

Correct answer B. Muller (1950)

Explanation

H.J. Muller introduced the term genetic load in 1950 to describe the reduction in population fitness caused by accumulated deleterious mutations.

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