Original: Bateson was the first to suggest the word '' genetics '' ( from the Greek genn , ; to give birth ) to describe the study of inheritance and the science of variation in a personal letter to Adam Sedgwick , dated April 18 , 1905 .
Simplified: Bateson was the first to suggest the word '' genetics '' to describe the study of inheritance , in a letter to Adam Sedgwick , dated April 18 , 1905 .