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Wilhelm Johannsen

Plant Sciences

Wilhelm Johannsen was a Danish pharmacist, botanist, plant physiologist, and geneticist, best known for coining the terms gene, phenotype and genotype, and for his 1903 pure line experiments in genetics. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Year
1857 1
Death Year
1927 1
Nationality
Danish 1
Defining Contribution
He coined the terms gene, phenotype and genotype and, through his 1903 pure line experiments, established the distinction between an organism's heritable genotype and its observable phenotype. 1
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Plant Breeding, Disciplines
Source Wilhelm Johannsen (Wikipedia)
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Denmark

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Source Wilhelm Johannsen (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 1tier 2
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Wilhelm Johannsen (3 February 1857 – 11 November 1927) was a Danish pharmacist, botanist, plant physiologist, and geneticist.
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1. Wilhelm Johannsen (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section
    best known for coining the terms gene, phenotype and genotype, and for his 1903 "pure line" experiments in genetics
  • Lead section, opening parenthetical (birth)
    3 February 1857
  • Lead section, opening parenthetical (death)
    11 November 1927
  • Summary description, opening sentence
    Wilhelm Johannsen was a Danish pharmacist, botanist, plant physiologist, and geneticist.
  • Summary description, second sentence
    He is best known for coining the terms gene, phenotype and genotype, and for his 1903 "pure line" experiments in genetics.
  • Works In: Plant Breeding, Lead paragraph
    pure line" experiments in genetics
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Wikidata: Wilhelm Johannsen
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