William Bateson, wantah silih tunggil sané nyokong pakaryan Mendel, makarya lengkara genetika ring warsa 1905 (lengkara sifat genetik, mawit saking kruna Yunani genesis—γένεσις, "wit", ngarihinin kruna aran miwah kapertama kaangén ring biologis duk warsa 1860).
William Bateson, a proponent of Mendel's work, coined the word genetics in 1905 (the adjective genetic, derived from the Greek word genesis—γένεσις, "origin", predates the noun and was first used in a biological sense in 1860).