History of the Discovery of the DNA Structure

  • Gregor Mendel discovered inheritance

  • Rosaline Franklin Discovered DNA

  • Watson and Crick make a DNA model

  • Arthur Kornberg produce DNA in test tubes

  • F. Sanger developed sequencing procedure for DNA

  • The Genetic code was discovered

  • An international team of scientists began the project to map the human genome.

  • The FDA approved the first genetically engineered food

  • Dolly the Sheep - the first adult animal clone.

  • J. Craig Ventor, along with Francis Collins, jointly announce the sequencing of the entire human genome.