Dna

Discoveries and Innovations in DNA

  • Friedrich Miescher

    Friedrich Miescher

    Friedrich Miescher conducts an experiment using pus-covered bandages and discovers a substance later to be known as DNA.
  • Hermann Muller

    Hermann Muller

    Hermann Muller experiments with X-rays and creates mutant genes and chromosomes.
  • Rosalind Franklin

    Rosalind Franklin

    Rosalind captures Photo 51, which was a major step to discovering the structure of DNA.
  • Watson and Crick discover structure of DNA

    Watson and Crick discover structure of DNA

  • Matthew Meselson and Frank Stahl

    Matthew Meselson and Frank Stahl

    Matthew Meselson and Frank Stahl discover that new DNA is made by replicating old DNA.
  • Matthew MeSelson and Frank Stahl

    Matthew MeSelson and Frank Stahl

    Matthew Meselson and Frank Stahl discover that new DNA is made by replicating old DNA.
  • Walter Gilbert, Frederick Sanger, and Allan Maxam

    Walter Gilbert, Frederick Sanger, and Allan Maxam

    Walter Gilbert, Frederick Sanger, and Allan Maxam discover ways to read and understand DNA.
  • Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer

    Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer

    Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer combine totally different genes to make new DNA.
  • The Human Genome Project

    The Human Genome Project identifies all of the thousands of genes in human DNA to improve DNA analysis.