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Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species
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Gregor Mendel discovers the basic principles of genetics
first person to shed light on the way in which characteristics are passed down the generations. -
Friedrich Miescher identifies "nuclein"
Miescher's original plan had been to isolate and characterise the protein components of white blood cells. -
Sir Archibald Edward Garrod is the first to associate Mendel's theories with a human disease
Sir Archibald Edward Garrod became the first person to associate Mendel's theories with a human disease -
Thomas Morgan
created and founded genetic linkage. -
Frederick Griffith
For an experiment he thought would help others point out that DNA is a molecule of inheritance. -
Francis Crick
Figured out the structure of DNA -
James D. Watson
Figured out the structure of DNA -
Arthur Kornberg
produced DNA in a test tube. -
Paul Berg
U.S. produced the first recombinant DNA molecule. -
Thomas Hunt Morgan
He proved that genes or genetic material is carried on chromosomes by his experiments with fruit flies. -
Gene therapy
used on patients for the first time. -
FLAVR SAVR Tomato
Food And Drug Administration approves the sale of the
first genetically modified food. -
Dolly the Sheep
the first adult animal clone. -
E. coli Genome Sequenced
The complete sequence of the E. coli genome will help
scientists learn even more about this extensively studied
bacterium. -
Roundworm C. elegans Sequenced
The first genome sequence of a multicellular organism, the
round worm, Caenorhabditis elegans, is completed. -
Mouse Genome Working Draft Assembled andAnalyzed
The Mouse Genome Sequencing Consortium publishes an
assembled draft and comparative analysis of the mouse
genome. This milestone was originally planned for 2003. -
Human genome complete
Final completion of the human genome sequence announced. -
CRISPR
CRISPR spacers are phage DNA and extrachromosomal DNA such as plasmids -
Oswald Avery identifies DNA as the 'transforming principle'
physician and medical researcher -
DNA Isolated
Frederick Miescher isolates DNA from cells for the first time
and calls it “nuclein”.
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