The Danish plant physiologist Wilhelm Johannsen gave Mendel’s factors a new name: genes. As to the nature of the ‘genes,’ Johannsen warned, it is as yet of no value to propose any hypothesis.
Carl Zimmer
The Danish plant physiologist Wilhelm Johannsen gave Mendel’s factors a new name: genes. As to the nature of the ‘genes,’ Johannsen warned, it is as yet of no value to propose any hypothesis.