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Charles Darwin Publishes " The Origin Of Species"
Provides extensive information about animal breeding. -
"Father of Modern Genetics"
Gregor Mendel publishes his findings of him breeding pea's. -
T.H. Morgan Demostrates Chromosomes Carry Genes
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Barbara McClintock and Harriet Creighton
By examining maize chromosomes they could demonstrate direct Physical Recombination (the linbking of DNA from different chromosomes). -
James Watson and Francis Crick Propose Double Helix Shape of DNA
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Stewart Linn and Werner Arber Dicover Restrictin Enzymes in E.Coli
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First Genetically Modified DNA Organism
Created by Stanley Cohen, Annie Chang, and Herbert Boyer. -
The NIH* Creates Guidelines for Genetic Modifcation Research
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First Trasgenic (Genetically Modified) Mouse
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Polymearse Chain Reaction
Created by biochemist Kary Mullis, it's a technique thatenabled scientists to reproduce bits of DNA even faster. -
Scientists Create GM Plants
Four separate groups of scientists create GM plants; three groups insert bacterial genes into plants and one inserts a bean gene into a sunflower plant. -
China Creates GM Crops for Sale
China first to put GM crops on sale, namely a virus-resistant tobacco and a tomato. -
Creation of Genetic Fingerprinting
Development of genetic fingerprinting, a technique that has greatly helped the police force in finding and identifying criminals. -
First Transgenic Animal
The first tranagenic animal is produced, a pig. -
First Instance of Gene Therapy on Humans
The first human recieves a form of gene therapy. -
Roundup Ready Soybeans
Soybeans that were resistant to an herbicide were created, allowing for said herbicide's use in fields with the soybeans. -
Dolly
The first colend animal, a sheep named dolly, was born -
UK GMO Ban
A bunch of UK grocerey stores stop selling GMOs, effectively banning them from the UK. -
The Human Genome is Sequenced
The human genome is synthesized in full by scientists.
