Indeed, the experiments connecting heredity and the structure of DNA were happening in parallel, so the next few years would be an exciting time for the discovery of DNA function.

What did the duo actually discover? Many people believe that American biologist James Watson and English physicist Francis Crick discovered DNA in the 1950s. In reality, this is not the case.

The ability to efficiently, consistently, and uniformly amplify DNA has transformed both our capacity to study cellular activity and our ability to direct cellular function. Technological progress has ...