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DNA Invention Timeline
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Gregor Mendel explained the patterns of inheritance
Gregor Mendel was an Austrian monk who discovered the basic principles of heredity through experiments in his garden. Mendel's observations became the foundation of modern genetics and the study of heredity, and he is widely considered a pioneer in the field of genetics. -
Frederick Griffith made a breakthrough in the world of heredity
Frederick Griffith (1879–1941) was a British bacteriologist whose focus was the epidemiology and pathology of bacterial pneumonia. In January 1928 he reported what is now known as Griffith's Experiment, the first widely accepted demonstrations of bacterial transformation, whereby a bacterium distinctly changes its form and function. -
Rosalind Franklin obtained first X-ray diffraction image of DNA fiber
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Watson and Crick discovered the double helical shape of DNA molecule
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Human Genome Project (HGP) successfully mapped DNA structure
