Bio 93 Midterm 2 Flashcards
1850s
Mendel
Mendel
Heritable factors
1869
Friedrich Miescher
Friedrich Miescher
discovered nucleins from pus
1881
Albrecht Kossel
Albrecht Kossel
discovered 5 nucleotides (A, T, U, C, G), renames to DNA
1875-1890s
Meiosis & mitosis worked out via microscopy and cytology
1902
Walter Sutton
Walter Sutton
Chromosome theory of inheritance (chromosomes carry genetic info.)
1930s
Thomas Morgan
Thomas Morgan
genes located on chromosomes
1928
Frederick Griffith
Frederick Griffith
smooth/rough bacteria—> transformation using genetic info.
1943
Oswald Avery
Oswald Avery
DNA as transforming substance (mice only lived when DNA was removed)
Hershey & Chase
-virus experiment
-marked sulphur: protein & phosphorus: DNA
-DNA went in
1952
Hershey & Chase
A=G and C=G
Chargaff’s Rule
Wilkins & Franklin/ Watson & Crick
DNA structure—> double helix