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Watson and Crick are two college graduates who were studying the makeup and shape of DNA. With the help of Rosalind Franklin's photos, The two of them figured out the double helix shape of DNA with their models by figuring out the A,T,G,C connections. (JAN 1 is NOT the correct date)
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Joe Hin Tjio discovered that 46 chromosomes is the exact number of cells in a human cell.
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Arthur Kornberg and his helpers isolated a DNA enzyme that would soon be used for DNA sequencing.
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Sydney Brenner, François Jacob and Matthew Meselson
discover that mRNA takes information from DNA in the
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Researchers copied frog DNA and were successful.
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Scientists successfully add stably inherited genes to laboratory
animals. This tested the functions of genes. -
The Department of Energy and the National Institutes of
Health announce a plan for a 15-year project to sequence the
human genome. -
The lab mouse is valuable for genetics research because
humans and mice share almost all of their genes, and the
genes on average are 85% identical. -
The finished human genome sequence will be at least 99.99%
accurate.
