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DNA timeline

By paige.stott

  • Miesher

    Miesher
    The first researcher to isolate and identify nucleic acid.

  • Muller

    Muller
    An experiment with mutant flies, and how their genes/offspring can be affected by x-rays.

  • Griffith

    Griffith
    Experiments demonstrate bacterial transformations.

  • Avery

    Avery
    Experiment isolated DNA material in which genes and chromosomes are made.

  • Chargaff

    Chargaff
    2 rules:
    •# of G= # of C
    •# of A=# of T
    Amount of A, T, C, G differs between each species

  • Franklin and Wilkins

    Franklin and Wilkins
    Research phosphorescence, isotope separation optical mieroscope

  • Hershey and Chase

    Hershey and Chase
    Series of experiments that confirmed DNA is a genetic material

  • Watson and Crick

    Watson and Crick
    Discovered the double helix.

  • Pauling

    Pauling
    Discovered triple-strand helix