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1850's
1859, The Origin of Species
1860's
1866, Gregor Mendel's paper
1869, Discovery of DNA
1870's
1880's
1880, Elucidate chromosome distribution during cell division
1889, inheritance of specific traits in organisms comes in particles
1890's
1900's
1900, Rediscover Mendel's principles
1902, The chromosome theory of heredity is proposed by Sutton
1905, Described the behavior of sex chromosomes, XX and XY
1905, Coins the term "genetics"
1908, Inborn errors of metabolism
1908, Hardy-Weinberg law
1910's
1910, Theory of sex-linked inheritance
1913, First genetic map of a chromosome
1918, The Modern Synthesis of Genetics and Evolutionary Biology starts.
1920's
1927, Artificial gene mutations in Drosophila
1928, Discovers that hereditary material from dead bacteria
1930's
1931, Crossing over is identified as the cause of recombination
1933, Found that DNA is in chromosomes and RNA is in the cytoplasm of all cells
1940's
1941, One gene encodes on protein
1944, Isolate DNA as the genetic material
1948, Hypothesis of transposable elements
1950's
1950, 1:1 ratio of AT and GC
1951, X-ray diffraction photographs of DNA
1953, 3D structure of the DNA
1956, Established the correct chromosome number in humans
1958, Semiconservative replication of DNA
1958, Purified DNA polymerase I
1959, Function of mRNA
1960's
1964, DNA to RNA transcription can be reversed
1966, Cracked the genetic codes
1970's
1970, Isolated the first restriction enzyme
1972, Produced the first recombinant DNA
1972, First to determine the sequence of a gene
1973, Found a recombinant DNA molecule can be maintained and replicated in E. coli
1977, DNA sequencing
1980's
1981, Discovery of human oncogenes
1983, Development of PCR
1989, CFTR protein was sequenced
1990's
1990, Genome projects are begun
1990, First gene therapy
1994, Genetically modified tomatoes were marketed
1995, The genome of H. influenzae is sequenced
1996, The genome of S. cerevisiae is sequenced
1997, Cloning of a mammal
2000's
2001, First draft sequences of the human genome are released
2003, Successful completion of Human Genome Project
2007, Controversies continue over human and animal cloning