DNA timeline - Timeline

Gregor Mendel publishes pea hereditary findings

Oswald Avery experiment that shows DNA is genetic material carrier.

Chargaff's base pair findings are published.

Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins use xray crystallography to show DNA double helix.

James Watson and Francis Crick publish paper on DNA double helix

Nirenburg cracks genetic code

Sanger develops DNA sequencing

Jeffreys develops DNA fingerprinting