DNA

By haydenashleyshantell

  • DNA first discovered

    DNA first discovered by Swiss Physician, Friedrich Miescher by discovering a micro substance in pus of discarded surgical bandages; called it Nuclein.

  • Links of DNA

    Discovery followed by Pheobus Levene's identification of base, sugar, and phosphate nucleotide units; suggested DNA consisted of a string of nucleotide units linked together through phosphate groups and a chain of short bases repeated in a fixed order.

  • DNA has genetic information

    Alfred Hersey and Martha Chase prove DNA has genetic information

  • Double Helix

    Franklin and Gosling's paper identified distinctions between A/B structures of Double Helix. Also, four years later, Crick laid out "Central Dogma" of molecular biology, fforetold revolution between DNA, RNA, and Proteins.

  • Genetic Code

    Crick and coworkers showed genetic code based on non-overlapping triplets of bases, called codons, allowing Har Gobind Khrana, Robert W., Holley and Marshall Warien Niren berg to decipher genetic code.

  • Genetic markers for Paternity tests

    Human Leukocyte Antigens (HLA), genetic markers for Paternity testing

  • First DNA profiling test

    Sir Alec Jeffreys develops the first DNA profiling test, involving detection of a multilocus RFLP pattern

  • Solved a double homicide

    DNA used to solve double homicide for first time

  • DNA profiling introducted to the US criminal court

    DNA profiling is first introducted to the US criminal court

  • DNA technology published

    The National Reseach Council Committee on Forensic DNA published "DNA Technology in Forensic Science".

  • Nonhuman DNA forensics

    Scientists differentiate between human and nonhuman DNA forensics