Kary Mullis (1944- present)
year of fame :1993
famous publication: invention of PCR( polymerase chain reaction)
Contributions: Polymerase Chain Reaction is used to amplify small pieces of DNA into thousands and millions copies of this certain piece of DNA. This technique is now used in the medical, biotechnology, forensic and genetic fields.
Rosalind Franklin(1920-1958)
year of fame: 1958 (after her death)
famous publication: Her work on the x-ray diffaction images of DNA. Her work was actually the data that brought Watson to his discovery of the Double Helix.
contributions: She was first to be able to see the X shape of the DNA ladder.
James D. Watson( 1928-)
year of fame: 1962
famous publication: Watson and Crick published their paper to the scientific journal Nature to reveal the true shape of DNA, the double helix.
contributions:
Watson along with Crick's help, discovered the form of DNA and the significance of the nucleic acids.
Frederick Sanger(1918 -)
year of fame: 1958
famous publication: Sanger method developed by Sanger was a technique to do DNA sequencing.
contributions: Sanger method is now widely used to determine the order of the nucleic acids. It is one of the most efficient and easiest method available for DNA sequencing.
Gregor Mendel (1822-1884)
time of fame: 20th century
famous publication: Experiments on Plant Hybrization was his work done to show dominant and recessive traits in inheritance.
contributions: He is known as the father of modern genetics. He is the first to begin the studies of the genetics field
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