Important Figures in Genetics

Question 1

Gregor Mendel

Answer 1

• Father of Genetics
• Founder of the science of genetics and inheritance

Question 2

Chargaff

Answer 2

• Used paper chromatography (a method used to separate molecules by size) to
  demonstrate the ratios of nitrogenous bases in DNA
• A=T
  -G=C

Question 3

Watson and Crick + Rosalind Franklin’s research

Answer 3

• Molecular structure of DNA was finalized
• Rosalind Franklin took X-ray diffraction photos which eventually allowed Watson and Crick to establish that DNA is made up of a double helix, with a back bone, and nitrogenous based in the centre

Question 4

Meselson & Stahl

Answer 4

Discovered that DNA undergoes Semiconservative Replication