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Robert Hooke (1635-1703) of Britain designed his own microscope and discovered matter made up of what he called cells.
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C.F. Wolff (1733-1794) of Germany proposed a general cell theory.
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Gregor Johann Mendel (1822-1884), an Austrian monk, began experiments with pea plants. He later became known as the "father of genetics."
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Mendel announced his theories of heredity, known as Mendel’s Laws.
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German biologist Walther Fleming (1843-1905) used dyes to stain cells; he discovered rods he called “chromosomes.”
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American biologist Walter Stanborough Sutton (1877-1916) demonstrated that chromosomes exist in pairs that are structurally similar.
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American biologist Thomas Hunt Morgan (1866-1945) with Alfred H. Sturtevant of the U.S. showed that genes were located on chromosomes; he experimented with Drosophelia (fruit flies) to investigate sex chromosomes, and discovered X and Y chromosomes, sex-linked traits, and crossing-over.
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Oswald T. Avery (1877-1955) of the U.S. announced that DNA alone is the substance responsible for heredity.
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Francis H. C. Crick (1916- ) of Britain and James D. Watson (1928- ) of the U.S. made a model of the DNA molecule and proved that genes determine heredity.
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Scientists are now able to predict characteristics by studying DNA. This leads to genetic engineering, genetic counseling.
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