When1: 1894
Who: William Bateson [Bateson, William]
What: biologist
Where: England
works\ Materials for the Study of Variation [1894]
Detail: He lived 1861 to 1926 and invented the word genetics for heredity study. Genes carry genetic information and are in chromosomes. New species come from repeated-body-segment structure and number changes. Such modifications can lead to similarity with existing part {homeosis, Bateson}. Parts can have jumps. For example, upper thoracic vertebrae can have no ribs or lower cervical vertebrae can have ribs.
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