1. The History of DNA Research
... with viable evidence. During Mendal's experiment he keyed in on seven traits in the plants seed shape, flower color, seed coat tint, pod shape, unripe pod color, flower location, and plant height. As cultivators have been cross breeding plants for years, the reasoning and logic behind it has not ever been known, Mendal was the first to tap into the reasoning ... known as deoxyribonucleic acid more commonly known as DNA. Miescher in the latter part of his life is credited with being the first to successfully extract DNA from another cell, with that cell being salmon sperm. The next perso...
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