jan 1, 1902 - Archibald Garrod: Mendel's Theories and Human Disease.
Description:
Garrod was the first person to apply Gregor Mendel's Principles of Inheritance to human disease.Through lots of studies, he concluded that alkaptonuria was a recessive disorder, and published a book about it in 1902. This was the first published account of recessive inheritance in humans. Additionally, it was the first time a genetic disorder was attributed to errors or misteps in our body's chemical pathways.
Source:
https://www.dna-worldwide.com/resource/160/history-dna-timeline
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Date:
jan 1, 1902
Now
~ 123 years ago