The term genome was first used by

A) H. Winkler in 1920.

B) Francis Crick in 1962.

C) Francis Collins in 1992.

D) J. Craig Venter in 1990.


A) H. Winkler in 1920.

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A) because of their large numbers of hydroxyl groups B) because of their large numbers of methyl groups C) because of their small molecular weights D) because of their large numbers of sulfhydryl groups E) because they have only a few hydroxyl groups

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