People and discoveries of DNA

By julia.friel1

  • Johann Gregor Mendel

    Mendel found out that genes are passed on. That they are either "recessive" or "dominant"

  • Fredrich Miescher

    Miescher discovered that DNA comes from the nucleus of cells.

  • Rosalind Franklin

    Franklin disovered the double helix DNA structure.

  • James Watson & Francis Crick

    Published Rolsalind's work under their names. Looked into nucliotides more so then the double helix.

  • Oswald Avery

    Discovered that DNA transfered hereditary information rather then proteins doing so.

  • Erwin Chargaff

    Chargaff discovered two rules that helped lead to the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA.

  • Martha Chase & Alfred Day Hershey

    Hershey and Chase discovered that genetic material is found in DNA.

  • Marshall Nirenberg

    Nirenberg helped solve the genetic code.

  • Alec Jeffreys

    Jeffreys discovered genetic fingerprining.

  • J. Craig & Francis Collins

    Decoded DNA sequence to figure out our human genomes.