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Father of Genetics
Gregor Mendel did some experiments on inheritance and genetics of sweet pea plant. His experiment became the foundation of modern day genetics and helped us learn and study about heredity. -
Ernst Haecker
discovered that heredity materials was located in the nucleus -
Friedrich Miescher
Friedrich Miescher was responsible for finding out that material in the nucleus was a nucleic acid. Miescher believed that proteins were the molecules of heredity. Miescher laid the groundwork for the findings that followed after he died. -
The Role of Rosalind Franklin
Rosalinda Franklin was known for one of her photographes that provided some info of how DNA was structured. A lot of scentist took credit from her work. -
Watson and Crick
Watson and Crick were one of the many scientist who wanted to figure out the structure of DNA and used Rosalindas photograph to guide them. They were the ones who discovered the chemical structure of DNA. -
Marshall Nirenberg
Nirenberg discovered a three base DNA that would code for one in twenty amino acids. -
PCR
PCR Technique is discovered. PCR stands for Polymerase Chain Reaction. This particular technique was used to make many copies of a particular region of DNA sequence. -
Human Genome Project starts
The Human Genome was launched in 1990. This Project would help us understand DNA and improve our medicine and biotechnology. -
Free to Public
The Human Genome project data was free to the public. This provided information to scientist all over world so that they could discover the genes of diseases and medicine that could target and be best suited to fight the disease. -
Fruit Fly
Scientist worked together to find the genome sequence of a fruit fly. This was important because Drosophila melanogasterhad had been used for identifying the functions of human genes. -
The Human Genome Project Completed
On April 14th, 2003 the Human genome project was complete and therefor it gave scientist all over the world a better understanding of humans genetics. The Project was finished two and a half years ahead of time. This was an outstanding scientific achievement of humankind.
