The term 'recon' was coined by

Solution (By Examveda Team)

The term 'recon' was coined by Benzer.
Recon is the unit of recombination that is the smallest unit capable of undergoing recombination is called recon.
A recon is further subdivisible into units of mutations called mutons, and several mutons in a recon will not be separable due to recombination.