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Friedrich Miescher finds DNA while examining surgical bandages. He called it “nuclein.”
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The double helix model of DNA was created by James Watson and Francis Crick. It’s still used today.
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Sanger and Gilbert created methods for sequencing DNA.
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Non-radioactive way of transferring DNA molecules developed by Pohl.
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A polymerase chain reaction is developed by Kary Mullis to rapidly multiply fragments of DNA.
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Richard Buckland caught, using his fingerprints, for the murder of a teen.
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Applied Biosystems creates the first automated DNA sequencing machine.
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A famous murderer, Timothy Wilson Spencer, is the first person in America to be caught with DNA testing
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Scientists begin to research the human genome
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The Human Genome Project completes the human genome sequence.
