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DNA Timeline by Lael, Nick and Caleb

  • Oswald Avery

    Oswald Avery
    Oswald Avery was born in Canada
  • Erwin Chargaff

    Erwin Chargaff
    Erwin Chargaff was born in Ukraine.
  • Francis Crick is Born

    Francis Crick is Born
    Francis Crick was born in Weston Favell, United Kingdom.
  • Rosalind Franklin is born

    Rosalind Franklin is born
    Rosalind Franklin was born in London
  • James Watson is born

    James Watson is born
  • Oswald Avery discovers that DNA was in bacteria transformation

    Oswald Avery discovers that DNA was in bacteria transformation
    Oswald is known for his expiriment which isolated DNA as the material of which genes and chromosomes are made.
  • Erwin Chargoff discovers base composition

    Erwin Chargoff discovers base composition
    Erwin Chargaff is known for analyzing the base composition (a=t and g=c) which, later also helped Watson and Crcik discover the Double Helix structure.
  • Watson and Crick, Big discovery

    Watson and Crick, Big discovery
    James Watson and Francis Crick discoever the structure of the DNA. The structure was the Double Helix. They found this out with the help of Rosalind Franklins X-ray images of DNA.
  • Rosalind Franklin helped find the Double Helix

    Rosalind Franklin helped find the Double Helix
    Rosalind Franklin helped find the structure of the Double Helix but did not get as much credit as James Watson and Francis Crick.