List of scientists and their work in biology class 11 and 12 for NEET
Dear Student,
Some of the scientists who contributed in the field of genetics are given in the table below. Your can remember them according to the work they have done in the field of genetics. You can also refer to your textbooks and the study material given on the website for further information.
| Name of the Geneticist | Work |
| Gregor Mendel | Laws of inheritance (Known as father of genetics) |
| Francis Crick and James Watson | Double helix Structure of DNA |
| Erwin Chargaff | Observed that the ratio of the nucleic acid bases adenine to thymine and that the ratio of cytosine to guanine was roughly equal. It is also called Chargaff rule. |
| Oswald Avery | It was his work in 1944 that concluded that DNA transmitted the hereditary information. |
| Alec Jeffreys | Invented DNA fingerprinting |
| Rosalind Franklin | Worked on the X-ray diffraction images of DNA that helped Crick and Watson come up with their hypothesis on the structure of DNA. |
| Herb Boyer - | Created worlds first genetically engineered organism. |
| Ian Wilmut - | Lead researcher of the team that gave the world Dolly the Sheep. |
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