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ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
1911, from Ger. Gen,
coined 1905 by Danish scientist Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen (1857-1927),
from Gk. genea "generation, race" (see genus).
De Vries had earlier called them pangenes. Gene pool is attested from
1950.
WICTIONARY
From German Gen,
coined by Wilhelm
Ludvig Johannsen from Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá, “generation,
descent”) from the aorist infinitive of γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “I
come into being”).
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