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Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species. -
Gregor Mendel
Gregor Mendel discovers the basic principles of genetics. -
Friedrich Miescher
Friedrich Miescher identifies "nuclein" . -
Mendel's theories are rediscovered by researchers
Gregor Mendel's pea plant research finally made its way into the wider scientific community. -
Sir Archibald Edward Garrod is the first to associate Mendel's theories with a human disease
Sir Archibald Edward Garrod became the first person to associate Mendel's theories with a human disease. -
Oswald Avery identifies DNA as the 'transforming principle'
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) was identified as the 'transforming principle'. -
Erwin Chargaff discovers that DNA composition is species specific
identified DNA as the substance responsible for heredity -
James Watson and Francis Crick discover the double helix structure of DNA
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Marshall Nirenberg
the first person to sequence the bases in each codon -
Mouse is the first mammal to have its genome decoded
decoded the genome of the first mammal -
Twins
DNA Worldwide and Eurofins Forensic discover identical twins have differences in their genetic makeup
