DNA History Project
Due 10/17/11
A. Each person in the group should answer the questions below in table format in your notes.
(You will need these notes later!)
Put them in order chronologically.
a) What significance did this person have in the history of modern genetics?
(There may be more than one right answer.)
b) About what year did the historical detail take place?
B. Within your group make a poster that includes a time line using the table that was done in your notes.
a) It must be neat (ruler, title, years, labels…)
b) Make it big enough to read from a distance. (We will post these in the room.)
C. Include the following details on your poster for the scientists assigned to your group.
a) The scientists’ name.
b) Where did they study and do research. (This may be more than one place.)
c) How did their discovery prompt a need for more research?
d) An original (your group must create it) color diagram related to their contribution.
(This can be a significant figure, picture, research map, model…)
Significant People:
1. Barbara McClintock
Rosalind Franklin
Fredrick Griffith
2. O. J. Simpson
Alec Jeffreys
Martha Chase
Alfred Hershey
3. Francis Crick
James Watson
Erwin Chargaff
4. Arthur Kornberg
Fred Sanger
Kary Mullis