DNA Researchers

By 22sbrown

  • Friedrich Miescher

    Friedrich Miescher
    First to identify DNA as a distinct molecule.

  • Frederick Griffith

    Frederick Griffith
    Showed us that bacteria can distinctly change their function and form through transformation.

  • Oswald Avery, Maclyn McCarty, Colin McCleod

    Oswald Avery, Maclyn McCarty, Colin McCleod
    They discovered that DNA carries a cell's genetic material and can be altered through transformation.

  • Barbara McClintock

    Barbara McClintock
    She discovered that genes could move from place to place on a chromosome.

  • Erwin Chargaff

    Erwin Chargaff
    He discovered that the amounts of adenine and thymine in DNA were roughly the same, as were the amounts of cytosine and guanine.

  • Linus Pauling

    Linus Pauling
    He discovered the spiral structure of proteins, and became known as the founder of molecular bio.