Molecular Basis of Inheritance Flashcards
1
Q
Friedrich Meischer identified DNA or Nuclein in
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1869
2
Q
Structure of DNA by James Watson and Francis Crick
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1953
3
Q
Transforming principle by Frederick Griffith (bacteria and mice experiment)
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1928
4
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Biochemical characterisation of transforming principle by Oswald Avery, Colin MacLeod and Maclyn McCarty (using protease, RNase and DNase)
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1933-44
5
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Unequivocal proff that DNA is generic material by Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase (experiment with radioactive sulphur and phosphorous)
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1952
6
Q
Proof that DNA replicates semiconservatively by
1. Matthew Meselson and Franklin Stahl
2. Taylor and colleagues
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1958
7
Q
Human Genome Project was launched in
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1990
8
Q
Human Genome Project was completed in
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2003 (13 year project)
9
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The sequence of chromosome 1 was completed only in
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May 2006
