The Scots and the Double Helix
The discovery and description of the genetic code has benefitted from contributions made by Scots as well as scientists from other nations.
1865 – Gregor Mendel (an Austrian) presents his paper on inheritance to the National Science Society. He is mostly ignored.
1869 – Friedrich Miescher (a German) identifies the material now known as DNA, calls it somet…
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