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Discovered the fundamental laws of inheritance.
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Discovered DNA associated proteins, from cell nuclei.
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Discovered that chromosomes are the basis of heredity.
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Discovered first genetic map of a chromosome.
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Discovered showing how bacteria can distinctly change their function and form through transformation.
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Nobel Prize in Physiology. Discovered white eyed mutation fruit fly.
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Discovered transposition and used it to demonstrate that genes are responsible for turning physical characteristics on and off.
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Discovered that isolated DNA as the material that genes and chromosomes are made of.
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Discovered double helix structure of DNA.
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Discovered and proved that phage DNA, and not protein, was the genetic material.
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Discovered the twisted ladder structure of deoxyribonucleic acid DNA.
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The first to discover the nucleotide sequence of a eukaryotic chromosomal DNA fraction.
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Discovered X-ray diffraction of DNA.
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Invention of the polymerase chain reaction PCR.