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HISTORY OF GENETICS

  • GREGOR MENDEL

    GREGOR MENDEL
    Mendel writes the law of genetics.
  • DARWIN

    DARWIN
    Darwin publishes his theory of the evolution of species.
  • MENDEL...

    MENDEL...
    Describes the fundamental units of inheritance in peas
  • CELLS

    CELLS
    It is discovered that the reproductive cells constitute a continuous lineage, different from the other cells of the body
  • LAWS OF MENDEL

    LAWS OF MENDEL
    Rediscovery laws of Mendel
  • Thedor Bovery

    Thedor Bovery
    Proposes the chromosomic theory of inheritance.
  • WILLIAM BATESON

    WILLIAM BATESON
    It calls genetics to the science of inheritance
  • WILHELM JOHANSES

    WILHELM JOHANSES
    Introduces the word gen
  • HERMANN JOSEPH MULLER (x-rays)

    HERMANN JOSEPH MULLER (x-rays)
    Showed that x-rays included mutations
  • RONALD AYLMER FISHER

    RONALD AYLMER FISHER
    Announces evolutionary neo-Darwinist theory
  • ENZYME

    ENZYME
    Propose the hypothesis: a gene an enzyme
  • ADN

    ADN
    the double helix structure of DNA is proposed
  • JACOB AND MONOD

    JACOB AND MONOD
    Proposed the operon as a model for genetic regulation of bacteria
  • EUKARYOTIC GENES

    EUKARYOTIC GENES
    Sharp and others discovered introns in the eukaryotic genes
  • CECH AND ALTMAN

    CECH AND ALTMAN
    Cech and Altman discovered self-splicing of introns in DNA
  • THE FIRST EUKARYOTIC GENOME

    THE FIRST EUKARYOTIC GENOME
    Brewer's yeast is the first eukaryotic genome
  • THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE HUMAN GENOME

    THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE HUMAN GENOME
    The first draft of the human genome is published. Start of the post-genome era
  • JAMES THOMPSON AND SHINYA YAMANKA

    JAMES THOMPSON AND SHINYA YAMANKA
    Transformation of human skin cells into embryonic stem cells
  • THE MAGAZINE ''SCIENCE''

    THE MAGAZINE ''SCIENCE''
    Craig Venter and his team announce in the magazine "Science" the creation of the first synthetic cell