HUMANE GENOME PROJECT TIMELINE

1865: Gregor Mendel - The Father of Genetics - crossed pea plant variations

1869: Fridrich Miescher - identifies "nuclein"

1952: Rosalind Franklin - creates Photograph 51 (shows helix shape of DNA)

1953: James Watson and Francis Crick - discovered double helix structure of DNA

1961: Marshal Nirenberg - cracks the genetic code for protein synthesis

1977: Fredrick Sanger - developed DNA sequencing technique

1983: First genetic disease mapped (Huntington's Disease)

1989: Cystic Fibrosis gene mutation identified

1990: The Human Genome Project begins

2003: The Human Genome Project completion announced

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("GENOMES- THE BASICS", n.d).