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Johann Meisher isolated DNA from the nuclei of white blood cells
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William Bateson and Reginal Crudell Punnett demonstrated actions of some genes modify action of other genes: the first time gene regulation was demonstrated
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Thomas Hunt Morgan published the "theory of the gene" based on Mendelian genetics
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A new technique for separating proteins in solution was invented, which is called 'electrophoresis
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Frederick Charles Bawden discovered tobacco mosaic virus RNA
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Barbara McClintock reported transposable elements: "jumping genes"
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James Watson and Francis Crick proposed the double-stranded, helical, complementary, anti-parallel model for DNA
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First Arabidopsis newsletter, the Arabidopsis Information Service, was published
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Kary Mullis invented the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), a method for multiplying DNA sequences in vitro
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First genetic modifed plant is created; a tobacco plant resistant to an antibiotic
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Presentation of human genome by Celera Genomics and the collaborating group of laboratories supported by public foundation
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Completion of the 2010 Project: the understanding the function of all genes within their cellular, organismal and evolutionary context of Arabidopsis thaliana
