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Hooke
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Progress in Plants
People begin to make a lot of progress in developing new varities of plants. -
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Historical Biotechnology
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Heredity
Austrian monk named Gregor Mendel developed a theory of heredity, or how characteristics or traits are transmitted from parents to offspring. -
Mendel
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Pasteur
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Heredity Rediscovered
Hugh de Vries and Carl Correns independently rediscoverd these laws of heredity. -
Technology used in the US
Artificial Insemination began being used in US. At that time, only fresh semen was used and could only be kept alive about 2 to 3 days. -
Watson and Crick
DNA