Comparative Genomics

1859: Charles Darwin published "The Origin of Species." This document initiated the study of evolution and how species are related.

 

1866: Gregor Mendel published "Experiments on Plant Hybridization." This paper showed measurable proof of the works of Charles Darwin and further explained the methods of alleles in genetics.

 

1869: DNA is extracted for the first time from a cell by Johann Friedrich Miescher.

 

1953: Crick, Watson, Wilkins, and Franklin assist in the discovery of the structure and DNA and how it matches a method to genetic coding.

 

1969: Jonathon Beckwith isolates first gene from a species of bacteria.

 

1977: Walter Gilbert and Fredrick Sanger create a brand new method to "read" the code on DNA called "sequencing."

 

1986: The first push to sequence the human genome goes into effect and the race to find its code is on.

 

1995: Haemophilus Influenzae, or the bacterial flu, is the first living organism to have its DNA sequenced.

 

2000: The human genome sequence is completed.

 

2001: The human genome sequence is published.

 

1995-2014: The genes of 145 different species including bacteria, extinct hominids, seven species of panther, and twenty-one fruit fly species have all been sequenced since the first bacterial flu sequence.