Biology
Definition:
- Genotype
Term: genotypeLiterally meaning: ?genome type?Origin: Anc Greek?????/ genea(=generation) > ?????/geno (=birth to) >+?????/typos(=type, form, shape, appearance) > ?????/typto(=hit, stamp)Coined/HistoryIn 1905 by the Danish botanist Wilhelm Johannsen...
- Allele , Allelomorph
Term: allele abbreviation (shortened form) of, allelomorph Origin: Anc Greek ?????/????? (=other) > ???????? /alilizo (=be with others)?????/morphe(=form, shape) > ??????/morphao(=represent, appear)>???????/Morpheus(=the god of dreams who...
- Epistasis
Term: epistasis Origin: Anc Greek ???/epi(=prefix meaning upon, on) )??????/stasis(=standing still, state)à standing upon Coined: In 1909, by British geneticist, Wiliam Bateson (1861-01926) established the term "epistasis" to explain...
- Heterozygous
Term: heterozygousOrigin: Anc Greek ??????/heteros(=different, other)?????/zygos(=yoke) Coined: ??? William Bateson (1861 ?1926) ??? The term introduced in 1902 by a British geneticist W Bateson (1861 ?1926) and British botanist...
- Gene
Term : Gene Origin: Anc Greek ?????/ genea(=generation) < ?????/geno (=birth to) Coined: Although the notion of a gene was began with Gregor Mendel?s work on pea plants (1866), the term gene was coined by Wilhelm Johannsen (1857 -...
Biology
genetics
Term: genetics
Origin: Anc Greek
?????/ genea(=generation) < ?????/geno (=birth to)
> ???????/genesis(=origin)
Coined:
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| Wiliam Bateson (1861-01926) |
In an April,1905 letter to fellow scientist Adam Sedgwick at Cambridge in an effort to persuade him to establish a Chair in the field of heredity British geneticist, Wiliam Bateson (1861-01926) wrote: "If the Quick Fund used for the foundation of a Professorship relating to Heredity and Variation, the best title wouldf, I think, be ?the Quick Professorship of the Study of Heredity? . No simple word in common use quite gives this meaning. Such a word is badly wanted, and if it were desirable to coin one, 'Genetics' might do." In 1909 the word gene was coined by Danish botanist Wilhelm Johannsen (1857 - 1927). In 1910, Bateson co-discovered genetic linkage with geneticist Reginald Crundall Punnett, and they both continued their work together as co-founders of the Journal of Genetics. The same year, Bateson also established the term "epistasis" to explain the genetic interaction of two independent traits.
Definition:
The branch of biology that deals with heredity and variation of organisms due to inherited characteristis.
Sourse
P.S. Harper Historical and personal perspectives Hum Genet, 118(1):141-51, 2005
- Genotype
Term: genotypeLiterally meaning: ?genome type?Origin: Anc Greek?????/ genea(=generation) > ?????/geno (=birth to) >+?????/typos(=type, form, shape, appearance) > ?????/typto(=hit, stamp)Coined/HistoryIn 1905 by the Danish botanist Wilhelm Johannsen...
- Allele , Allelomorph
Term: allele abbreviation (shortened form) of, allelomorph Origin: Anc Greek ?????/????? (=other) > ???????? /alilizo (=be with others)?????/morphe(=form, shape) > ??????/morphao(=represent, appear)>???????/Morpheus(=the god of dreams who...
- Epistasis
Term: epistasis Origin: Anc Greek ???/epi(=prefix meaning upon, on) )??????/stasis(=standing still, state)à standing upon Coined: In 1909, by British geneticist, Wiliam Bateson (1861-01926) established the term "epistasis" to explain...
- Heterozygous
Term: heterozygousOrigin: Anc Greek ??????/heteros(=different, other)?????/zygos(=yoke) Coined: ??? William Bateson (1861 ?1926) ??? The term introduced in 1902 by a British geneticist W Bateson (1861 ?1926) and British botanist...
- Gene
Term : Gene Origin: Anc Greek ?????/ genea(=generation) < ?????/geno (=birth to) Coined: Although the notion of a gene was began with Gregor Mendel?s work on pea plants (1866), the term gene was coined by Wilhelm Johannsen (1857 -...