Wilhelm Johannsen
Danish pharmacist and botanist
Wilhelm Johannsen was a Danish pharmacist, botanist, plant physiologist, and geneticist. He is best known for coining the terms gene, phenotype and genotype, and for his 1903 "pure line" experiments in genetics. Wikipedia
Born: February 3, 1857, Helsingør, Denmark
Died: November 11, 1927 (age 70 years), Copenhagen, Denmark
Education: Copenhagen University
Nationality: Danish
Known for: proving the constancy of the genome; Coining gene, genotype and phenotype
Fields: Genetics; Plant physiology
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