Do you want to know more about the history of DNA research? Click here to view an interactive timeline of important DNA events from Mendel to today.What event or person is most fascinating to you? My favorite scientist from the timeline is Frierich Miescher. He was able to study DNA in the late 1800's by extracting pus from bandages at a local hospital. Gross and innovative the same time!!!!
That's pretty awesome
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i think what Barbara McClintock said was weird, that some corn produce blue or purple kernels. Thats kinda interesting. I knew of Bblue corn tortillas, but i have always thought they die the tortillas with food coloring. So does it mean that it is if the D's element is not inserted that all the corns would have blue or purple kernels?!
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Wow! I had no idea how many people there were (and are) that were working on DNA research. There are so many people who discovered so much... and yet they keep discovering even more! I find it kind of cool, that even after hundreds of years of research, scientists are still discovering and learning new things that they had no idea existed!
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I thought MARSHALL WARREN NIRENBERG was pretty interesting! He found out about the genetic code and cracking it!
ReplyDeleteWhats even more interesting is that many of the scientists were born in New York! LOL!
By the way, what is pus made of?
ReplyDeletei like the nirenberg guy
ReplyDeleteNice picture. Not all DNA are the same. Can some DNA look bubbly like the one in the middle in the picture?
ReplyDeleteEvelyn Witkin was pretty cool.
ReplyDeleteBut everyone else was too.
Thanks Leslie!
Michael N. 7I
If x-rays cause mutations like in the ones about the red bread mold and the fruit flies, why don't humans ever get mutations from x-rays?
ReplyDeleteThe timeline for DNA was REALLY detailed and interesting, it included a lot of different scientists. Thanks for posting this Leslie!
I think I liked Fredrick Miecher. It is interesting what you can do with pus!
ReplyDeleteTo answer "Anonymous'" question, here is a good website: (what is pus made of)
http://surgery.about.com/od/glossaryofsurgicalterms/g/WhatIsPus.htm
oh my gosh!
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Leila 7F
this is really interesting because every scientist did many things that contributed to the genetics topic. i think that thomas morgan's discoveries were special becuase he had a fruit fly room! i bet it was disgusting though, just like the pus and bandages. no offense, morgan!
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