Discover the historical timeline of DNA, starting with Charles Darwin in the 1800s through to the current developments and future of DNA.

Timeline: History of DNA Description 1863: Genes and heredity 1896: DNA isolation 1900: ABO blood group antigens 1920: Locard Principle 1952: X-ray diffraction of DNA 1953: DNA double helix …

Dec 11, 2025 · In 1953 James Watson and Francis Crick, aided by the work of biophysicists Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins, determined that the structure of DNA is a double-helix polymer, a …

The history of genetics can be represented on a timeline of events from the earliest work in the 1850s, to the DNA era starting in the 1940s, and the genomics era beginning in the 1970s.

Our current understanding of DNA began with the discovery of nucleic acids followed by the development of the double-helix model. In the 1860s, Friedrich Miescher (Figure 1), a physician by …

In DNA Interactive: Timeline, browse animations, biographies, & videos of key individuals whose research led to the discovery of the DNA structure and beyond.

For almost a century, many scientists paved the way to the ultimate discovery of DNA and its double helix structure. Without the work of these pioneering scientists, Watson and Crick may never have …

Feb 7, 2025 · From Gregor Mendel’s 19th-century experiments with pea plants to the revolutionary CRISPR gene editing technologies of today, the history of DNA science is filled with groundbreaking …

Yet the discovery of DNA is relatively modern, really only being solidified by the middle of the 20th century. The story of how it was discovered can help us understand the nature of DNA as well as …

Sep 8, 2025 · Maurice Wilkins and his student Raymond Gosling began studying DNA with X-ray diffraction crystallography at King’s College London (KCL) around 1950. Developed by William Henry …