Watson and Crick Human Genome

By Tallmanwsor

  • Watson & Crick

    Discovered the Doublre Helix structure of DNA

  • Arthur Kornberg

    Athur Kornberg crystallizes DNA polymerase, the enzyme required for synthesizing DNA

  • mRNA Discovered

    mRNA is discovered by Sydney Brenner, Francis Crick, Francois Jacob, and Jacques Monod

  • Genetic Code

    Marshall Nirenberg cracks the genetic code

  • Mary Weiss and Howard Green

    Employ somatic cell hybridation to advance human gene mapping

  • Jonathan Beckwith

    Johnathon Beckwith isolates a bacterial gene.

  • Paul Burg

    Paul Berg assembled the first DNA molecules that combined genes from different organisms.

  • Herbert Boyer

    Showed that genetically engineered DNA molecules may be cloned in foreign cells.

  • Walter Gilbert & Fredrick Sanger

    Develop techniques for sequencing DNA

  • Kary Mullis

    Helps develop polymerase chain reaction to rapidly multiply segments of DNA

  • Leroy Hood

    Developed automated sequencer
  • Period: to

    Human Genome Project

  • Haemophilus

    Sequencing the genome of Haemophilus influenza Rd

  • Yeast

    Sequenced yeast

  • Human Genome Sequenced and Assembled

    Human Genome completed

  • Mouse Genome

    Mouse genome sequenced