Genetics and DNA

[too-open-minded]

So roughly how long have we known about it? Pondered on its existence and confirmed?

 

I guess science has been well aware for over 100 years and in the past 60 we have been making leaps and bounds.

- http://www.buzzle.com/articles/who-discovered-dna.html

 

 

 

I'm just wondering, how much do some of you think we know? Are we still making finds or is it pretty well figured out?

[dmaiski]

well you could say it was pointed out by Mendel first in the 1850's and 60's where he postulated that there was some form of transferable element(he didn’t call it DNA or even know it was a molecule)

 

1903- chromosomes theorized

1933-DNA identified

1953 Watson and Crick

2003-human genome project

 

we by now know all there is to know about genetics or at least most of it

 

we haven’t analysed or understood even 1% of all that we know

 

so there plenty to learn from the analytic side, but not much left on the real physical discoveries

 

(ive omitted RNA, non biological DNA applications, and various other titbits that could be relevant)

 

 

[too-open-minded]

Were still unsure of how much genetic change in allele from individuals are preserved and passed down to offspring, I think when we are able to determine if environment or passed down genes plays a larger role in evolution will be a very big find for Genetics.