Gene: Concept and Units (With Diagram) | Microbiology

In this article we will discuss about the concept and units of genes. Concept of Gene: Although the role of hereditary units (factors) in transfer of genetic characters over several generations in organisms was advocated by Gregor John Mendel, yet the mystery of the 'hereditary units' was un-ravelled during early 1900s. In 1909, W. Johanson coined the term 'gene' that [...]