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Extra credit Flashcards

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Seymour Benzer

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Discovered distinct classes of mutations and discovered recombination using T4 bacteriophage

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Barbara McClintock

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First to discover centromeres cross-shape interaction during meiosis (Nobel prize for transposable elements)

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Greg Mendel

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Father of genetics, rules of inheritance

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Matt meselson And Franklin stahl

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Experiment that discovered semi-conservative mechanism for DNA replication

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Tom Morgan

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Confirmed chromosome theory of inheritance with eye color in fruit flies

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James Watson and Francis crick

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Proposed 3D structure for DNA

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Alfred Hershey and Martha chase

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Provided evidence that genetic material was in DNA

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Rosalind Franklin

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X-ray showed DNA is a double helix

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Andrew fire and craig mello

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Discovered RNA interference

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Thomas Cech and Sidney Altman

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Discovered ribozymes (RNA molecules that catalyze reactions)

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Oswald Avery, Colin McLeod, maclyn McCarty

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Blender experiment showed DNA is hereditary material of phage

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Archibald garrod

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Inborn errors of metabolism, discovered that genes code for enzymes

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Carl correns, Hugo devries, Erich Von tschermak

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Rediscovered rules of inheritance

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Fred Sanger

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First to elucidate the full amino acid sequence of a protein (insulin) and discovered dideoxy texhnique to sequence DNA

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Richard Roberts and Phillip sharp

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Split genes (splicing of genes)

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Theodor Boveri and Walter sutton

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Chromosomal theory of inheritance

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Reginald punnett

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Discovered genetic linkage and diagrams to determine crossing outcomes

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Vernon Ingram

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Father of molecular medicine , single AA change can cause disorder (sickle cell anemia)

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Salvador Luria and max delbruck

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Bacterial resistance to viral infection is throwing random mutations

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Liz Blackburn, carol grieder and jack szostak

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How chromosomes are protected by telomeres

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Ada yonath, venkatraman ramakrishnan, Thomas steitz

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Found atomic structure of ribosome and interactions with antibiotics and ribosome

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Lilian Morgan

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Discovered attached X and ring chromosomes in flies

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Nettie Stevens

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Discover differences in male and female chromosomes

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Rob Holley, Har Khorana, and Marshall nirenberg

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Structure of tRNA function of mRNA and unraveling of 3 nucleotide genetic code

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Roger kornberg

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Discovered process of transcription

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Christiane nusslein, Edward Lewis, Eric Weischaus

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Discovered genes that control embryogenesis in flies

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