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Gregor Mendel
Know as the father of genetics, Gregor Mendel was born in Austria in 1822. and was mostly known for finding recessive and dominant genes in pea plants and kickstarting the study of heredity -
Friedrich Miescher
Fedrick meisher discovered nuclein. He was a professor at the University of Basel. He was born in Basel Switzerland and died of tuberculosis in 1895. -
Frederick Griffith's experiment
Was a British bacteriologist who proved that bacteria can change their function and form through transformation. He was born in 1877 and died in 1941 -
Oswald Avery
Led an experiment with John McCarthy and Colin Munro MacLeod in which proved that DNA is where genes and chromosomes. are kept. -
Rosalind Franklin
Originally took a picture and discovered the shape of DNA, a double helix with the help of Maurice Wilkins. But had her work stolen by James Watson and Francis Crick and received no credit. -
Hershey + Chase
Conducted a series of experiments to prove DNA is genetic material. -
Watson + Crick
Were credited with discovering the double shape of DNA snd were awarded the Nobel Prize. -
Collins + Ventor
Independently mapped and sequenced DNA.
