DNA Timeline

Discovered

Mar 6, 1953

Watson and Crick discovered DNA

Cracked the Code

Mar 6, 1961

Marshall Nirenberg cracks the genetic code for protein synthesis.

Sequencing Technique

Mar 6, 1977

Fredrick Sanger develops rapid DNA sequencing technique

Huntington's disease

Mar 6, 1983

First genetic disease found: Huntington's disease

polymerase chain reaction

Mar 6, 1983

Invention of polymerase chain reaction, technology for amplifying DNA

Cystic Fibrosis

Mar 6, 1989

Cystic Fibrosis gene mutation identified

Human Genome Project Begins

Mar 6, 1990

Human Genome Project Begins

Fruit Fly

Mar 6, 2000

Genome sequence of model organism fruit fly reported

Human Genome

Mar 6, 2001

First draft of the human genome released

Human Genome Completion

Mar 6, 2003

Human Genome Project completion announced