The History of DNA
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The History of DNA
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Gregor Mendel1865
Frederick Miescher•Embryologist
•He collected bandages from nearby clinicAnd wash off the pus.
•Isolated a new molecule NUCLEIN from the cells nucleus in 1869. •H,N, P, and O
•1871 He publish his findings.
•Proteins were the molecule of heredity
•Die of tuberculosis in 1895.1844- 1895
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FREDRICK GRIFFITH
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OSWALD AVERYCOLIN MACLEOD
MACLYN McCARTYhttp://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/CC/Views/Exhibit/visuals/after.html
Avery Experiment
1944
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LINUS PAULING1948
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He proposed that the DNA structure was a triple helix, though he was later disproven.
The fact that he determined DNA to be three dimensional is still a much celebrated accomplishment
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ERWIN CHARGAFF1950
Chargaff's observation that in the base composition of DNA the quantity of adenine equaled the quantity of thymine and the quantity of guanine equaled the quantity of cytosine
A = TC = G
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Organisms A T G CHomo sapiens 31 31.5 19.1 18.4
Drosophila melanogaster 27.3 27.6 22.5 22.5
Zea mays 25.6 25.3 24.5 24.6
Neurospora crassa 23 23.3 27.1 26.6
Escherichia coli 24.6 24.3 25.5 25.6
Bacillus subtilis 28.4 29 21 21.6
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MAURICE WILKINS
ROSALIND FRANKLIN1951
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Rosalind Franklin•English Biologist
•Made and X-ray of DNA.
•She was an instrument in discovering the structure of DNA. •Also Known as the Dark Lady of the DNA
•X-ray diffraction specialist.
•X-Ray 51
•Die in 1958 at age of 37 of ovarian cancer.
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X-Ray 51
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MARTHA CHASE ALFRED HERSHEY
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1952
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FRANCIS CRICK AND JAMES WATSON1953
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Noble Price 1962
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