Discovery of DNA
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Updated: 31 Jan 2018
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Created byBevis Temple
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1900 - Mendel theorised that genes come in pairs1902 - Archibald Garrod theorised that hereditary diseases are caused by missing information from the body's chemical pathways1941 - US scientists George Beadle and Edward Tatum prove Garrod's theory1951 - scientists knew that characteristics were passed down from parents children1951 - At King's College in London, Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins create images of DNA using x-rays1953 - Watson and Crick worked at Cambridge University in a shared office1953 - Watson and Crick published paper on DNA discoverie1990 - Human Genome project launched2000 - Human Genome Project completed 1st draft
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