Milestones in Biotechnology By mangusd Jan 24, 1863 Gregor Mendel - Laws of Inheritence CSHL DNA Learning Center Mar 25, 1911 Thomas Hunt Morgan - Genes are located on chromosomes CSHL DNA Learning Center May 20, 1952 Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase - DNA carries the genetic information CSHL DNA Learning Center Sep 10, 1960 Werner Arber, Daniel Nathans, and Hamilton O. Smith: Restriction Enzymes CSHL DNA Learning Center May 3, 1962 Francis Crick, James Watson, Maurice Wilkins,Rosalind Franklin: The Double Helix CSH DNA Learning Center Dec 18, 1982 Human insulin is produced in genetically modified bacteria CSHL DNA Learning Center May 20, 1983 Kary Mullis - PCR CSHL DNA Learning Center Aug 13, 1994 Genetically modified tomatoes sold for the first time in the US Jul 5, 1996 First Cloned Animal - Dolly CSHL DNA Learning Center Feb 4, 2001 Complete Sequence of Human Genome Published Human Genome Project Aug 30, 2010 Craig Venter - First Synthetic Genome/Organism
