Events
Charles Darwin (1859)
Published Origin of Species; Theorized Natural SelectionGregor Mendel (1866)
Basic Principles of Genetics
Fundamental Law of Inheritance
Pea Plant ExperimentsFriedrich Miescher (1869)
Identifies what termed the "nuclein" through white blood cell researchArchibald Edward Garrod (1902)
Incidence of Alkaptonuria
First human case of a recessive disease
"Inborn errors of Metabolism"
Rediscovered Mendelian GeneticsOswald Avery (1944)
DNA as transforming principle
Linking DNA to inheritanceErwin Chargaff (1950)
Chargaff's Rules
Equivalent G-C units and A-T unitsRosalind Franklin (1952)James Watson and Francis Crick (1953)
Created the first real accurate model of DNAMarshall Niremberg (1961)Frederick Sanger (1977)
DNA Gel Electrophoresis Experiment
Delineated nucleotide sequencesWalter Flemming
Observed and assumed process of cell divisionThomas Hunt Morgan (1915)
Chormosomal Theory of HereditarySydney Brenner (1961)
Discovered mRNA and its purpose
Genome mapping of Caenorhabditis elegansKary Mullis (1983)
DNA replication
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