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First recorded mule (Ignore the 100 date, the real time is 3000 BC
The mule was first recorded in Egypt in 3000 BC. The mule had existed prior to this date, however there wasn't any written proof about the worlds first man-made hybrid. -
Gregor Mendel is Born
Gregor Mendel was born on July 20, 1820 in Hyncie, Austria to Anton and Rosine Mendel. This family had a German ethnicity and spoke it while Mendel was young. This helped him in his later life because, at the time, the Germans, making discoveries left and right, were the best scientists throughout the world and renowned for their recent advances in chemistery and biology. -
Gregor Mendel starts experimenting with pea plants
Gregor Mendel first started experimenting with pea plants this year. He planted them in the garden of his monastery -
Gregor Mendel starts writing his study on inheritence
This was the most important event in genetics thus far. Without Gregor Mendel's publication, there would not be nearly as much knowledge about genetics as we do presently -
Gregor Mendel's ideas are finally accepted by the public
Once, Hugo de Vries and Carl Correns rediscovered the ideas of Gregor Mendel, they represented them to the public to a good response. The public believed Gregor Mendel's ideas and he posthumously received the credit that he defineatly deserved -
Alfred Sturtevat maps chromosones for the first time
In 1913 Alfred Sturtevat created the first accurate genetic map of a chromosome. Without this event there would likely be little to no knowledge of chromosomes and DNA. -
Francis Crick and James D. Watson conclude that the shape of DNA is in fact, a double helix
In 1953 the shape of DNA was confirmed to be a double helix by these two men. This was a very important advance in the study of DNA. -
First perfect genome sequencing
A team of scientists creates the first human clone
