Linkage of characteristics

Mendel's research on heredity revealed that characteristics are inherited independently, and chromosomes were identified as the carriers of these factors. Bateson suggested that a chromosome was a collection of factors, a crucial idea for genetics. Bateson also coined the term genetics.
 William Bateson England 1905 Linkage of characteristics

Mendel's research on heredity revealed that characteristics are inherited independently, and chromosomes were identified as the carriers of these factors. Bateson suggested that a chromosome was a collection of factors, a crucial idea for genetics. Bateson also coined the term genetics.