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Discovered the basic principles of heredity through experiments in his garden
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First researcher to isolate and identify nucleic acid
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Constructed the first genetic map of a chromosome
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His experiment showed us that bacteria can distinctly change their function and form. Before his discovery, scientists believed that bacteria was unchangeable.
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Proved that genes are located on chromosomes
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Discovered the role of chromosomes play in heredity by performing an experiment on flies
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Discovered cell transformation, proving that DNA carries a cell's genetic information and can be altered.
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Discovered two rules that helped lead to the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA.
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X-ray crystallographer who contributed to understanding the molecular structure of DNA and RNA.
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Discovered that genetic material is found in DNA, not in proteins as many scientists prior to their discovery believed.
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Discovery of the chemical structure of DNA.
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Was the first person to recognize the normal number of human chromosomes
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Tested the hypothesis of DNA replication
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Discovered a method to coax bacteria into producing foreign proteins, which jump started the field of genetic engineering
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Discovered the technique of genetic fingerprinting
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Successfully cloned the sheep Dolly
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One of the first to sequence the human genome and the first to transfect a cell with a synthetic genome. He worked all through the 1990s, and his results were published in 2001.
