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Gregor Mendel
"Father of Genetics"/ led an experiment which consisted of growing thousands of pea plants over 8 yrs. -
Friedrich Miescher
performed experiments on the chemical composition of leukocytes that lead to the discovery of DNA -
Thomas Hunt Morgan
confirmed that genes are located on chromosomes. "chromosomal theory of inheritance" -
Frederick Griffith
Discovered that things inside of molecules can transfer to one another. -
Erwin Chargaff
Found and noticed a pattern in four bases: adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine. Then came up with Chargaffs Rule: A=T, and G=C -
Oswald Avery
Continued Griffith's experiment by destroying lipids and acids and found the inheritance molecule, DNA. -
Hershey & Chase
they used bacterial viruses to better demonstrate that DNA is the genetic material. They did this by using DNA rapped in a protein coat called phage. -
Rosalind Franklin
Tried to crystallize DNA to obtain an X-ray pattern of its function. -
Watson and Crick
They found the structure of DNA and found that it was double-helix -
Maurice Wilkins
Tried to crystallize DNA to obtain an X-ray pattern of its function. Along with Rosalind Frankiln -
John Sulston
developed a way to freeze and thaw mutated and wild worms. -
Frederick Sanger
developed a sequencing technique of DNA which involved scientists copying strands of DNA.
