Term coined
- A and B Chromosome: L.F Randolph (1928)
- Allelomorph : W. Batson ( 1902-1909)
- Chromatin; W. Fleming ( 1879)
- Chromosome: W. Waldeyer ( 1888)
- Enzyme: W. Kuhne (1978)
- Epistatic gene: W. Bateson ( 1902-1909)
- Eukaryote : E. Chatton (1937)
- Prokaryote: E. Chatton ( 1937)
- Gene: W. Johannsen (1909)
- Genetics: W. Bateson ( 1905)
- Genomics: T. Toderick ( 1986)
- Intron: W. Gilbert ( 1978)
- Mitochondria: C. Benda (1890)
- Mitosis: W. Fleming (1882)
- Mutation: Hugo de Vries (1901)
- Muton: S. Benzer (1955)
- Nucleic Acid: Altman (1889)
- Phenotype: W. Johannsen (1909)
- Protein: G. Mulder (1838)
- Terminalization: C.D Darlington (1931)
- Transition: E. Freese (1959)
- Transversion: E. Freese (1959)
- Virus: M.W. Beiherinck ( 1899)