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Pre-1800s Developments in BioTech
Prior to the 1800s, humans were already using BioTechnology. People learned how to make cheese, and alcohol. Also, the mule was produced by bringing together a donkey and a female horse. -
Robert Brown Discovers Nucleus within Cells
Robert Brown made two major discoveries: the discovery of DNA as genetic material and the role of DNA in the transfer of genetic information -
Robert Koch
German physician who described the bacterial colonies growing on potatoe slices. This was the first ever solid medium -
Heinrich Wilhelm Gottfried Von Waldeyer-Hartz Coined Term for Chromosome
German Scientist who coined the term chromosome, "an organized structure of DNA and protein present in cells or a single piece of coiled DNA containing many genes, regulatory elements, and other nucleotide sequences." -NCBI website -
Work of Gregor John Mendel was Recognized
Hugo de Vries, Erich Von Tschermak, and Carl Correns along with other scientists validated the work of Gregor John Mendel in 1900, years after he died. The reason why Gregor John Mendel's work went unnoticed was because Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution was major and took the attention of the public (and away from Gregor John Mendel's work) -
Term BioTechnology is coined
Karl Ereky, a Hungarian engineer, created the term "BioTechnology". This was definitly not the first time the science was used but now the science had a name.