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John Bretland Farmer
British botanist (1865-1944) · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Died at 78
Sir John Bretland Farmer FRS FRSE was a British botanist. He believed that chromomeres not chromosomes were the unit of heredity. Farmer and J. E. S. Moore introduced the term meiosis in 1905.
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About this person
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1865 to 1944 · aged 78
