"In 1910 a Danish botanist, Wilhelm Johannsen, self-consciously invented the word gene. He was at pains to correct the common mythology and thought a word might help."By James Gleick, The Information.
As of today a search on the word "gene" in Google Patents yields 40,700 results. It looks like the word stuck. I'm sure there will be more later on Tuesday.
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