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A Genetics Project That’s Driven by History
The origins of modern genetics can be traced back to prehistoric times. People started noticing that many human traits and physical specifics are passed down generations about 6,000 years ago.
Our project is based on humanity's inherent and integral aspect that has a long story of exploration and discovery.
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1865
Gregor Mendel
Gregor Mendel, deemed the father of genetics, uses garden pea plants
to pinpoint the inherited connection between generations of one species.
His studies resulted in the composition of the basic principles of inheritance.
1908
Hardy-Weinberg's law introduces the term "gene" after conducting studies based on the original equilibrium
model that describes the behavior of alleles in the population’s gene pool.
1910
Thomas Hunt Morgan proves that genes are located on chromosomes and explains the
specifics of sex-linked traits using Mendel’s insightful principles.
Thomas Hunt Morgan
1918
Scientists begin to work on the Synthetic Theory of Evolution composition which regards human evolution in terms of genetic synthesis variables that spawn new species and organic development routes.
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grand-grandpa
grand-grandpa
the rising of mankind
Initially called the molecule of heredity, DNA becomes an actively studied thing responsible for genetic transitions and storage of genetic data passed down generations.
1941
George Beadle
Edward Tatum
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1958
Edward Tatum and George Beadle demonstrate how genes rely on proteins to form and transform living organisms.
1944
Oswald Avery
Maclyn McCarty
Colin MacLeod
Scientists first isolate DNA during the Avery-MacLeod-McCarty Experiment, making it a somewhat exploitable genetic material and widening the research horizons.
1952
head
DNA
neck
collar
sheath
tail fiber
base plate
The Hershey-Chase Experiment demonstrates that phages and all other living organisms possess certain genetic information: DNA.
1953
Francis Crick
James Watson
The DNA structure is studied more thoroughly, making out the double-helix form of this underlying genetic material. Rosalind Franklin, Francis Crick, and James Watson are responsible for this.
Rosalind Franklin
1977
DNA is sequenced for the first time - Fred Sanger, Allan Maxam,
and Walter Gilbert take bacteriophage Phi-X174 and sequence its whole genome during the independent experiment.
Frederick Sanger
Phage capsid
model Phi-X174
model Phi-X174
Walter Gilbert
1983
Dr. Kary Banks Mullis
Photo of a gel containing
marker DNA (first and last
slots) and PCR products
marker DNA (first and last
slots) and PCR products
Kary Banks Mullis comes up with the polymerase chain reaction for accessible DNA amplification.
1989
Dr. Francis Collins
Dr. Lap-Chee Tsui
Francis Collins and Lap-Chee Tsui sequence the human gene encoding the CFTR protein for the first time and discover the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis along the way.
1995
Francis J. Craig Venter and colleagues published, in May 1995, the first completely sequenced genome of a self-replicating, free-living organism — the bacteria Haemophilus influenzae.
Dr. Craig Venter
the bacteria
Haemophilus
influenzae
Haemophilus
influenzae
1997
Humans manage to clone a mammal - Ian Wilmut and his colleagues clone renowned Dolly the sheep, making a real boom in the field of genetics.
sir Ian Wilmut
Dolly
super star ‘97
2001
Both Celera Genetics and Human Genome Project manage to compose the first outline drafts of the complete human genome sequence,
making a massive leap in the field and allowing for further in-depth studies.
Dr. Craig Venter
President Clinton
Dr. Francis Collins
2003
The Human Genome Project is completed, precisely sequencing the real genome.
Dr. Craig Venter
The Human Genome Project
2016
Kate Rubins - a NASA astronaut - sequences the genome in space using the MinION device,
paving the way for even more advanced studies of living organisms in the universe.
Kate Rubins
MinION device
2021
A new era for brave people
DNA_tech is focused on adding a yet new stage to the long and prolific history of genetics.
The revolutionary DNA-based project will connect the science of human hereditary with real-world digital capabilities.
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