Finding DNA
Friedrich Miescher
- 1869 - By collecting and washing out bandages from a local hospital, Miescher isolated what he called
the "nuclein molecule," named after the nucleus in which it was found. At the time, Miescher did not realize it, but he had isolated DNA. Later,
it would be determined that the nuclein molecule present in all cells was actually DNA.
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(1865) Basic Genetics: Mendel
(1869) Finding DNA: Miescher
(1909 and 1929) Breaking Down DNA: Levene
(1928 and 1944) DNA Inheritance: Griffith and Avery
(1950) DNA Base Pairing: Chargaff
(1953) DNA Structure: Franklin, Wilkins, and Gosling; and Watson and Crick
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