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This puzzle is about the people involved in the Discovery of DNA and the birth of the field of Molecular Biology. It took a lot of hard and often un-recognized research to unlock the secrets of DNA. It's the code for all living things, and it's astonishing what it's stucture and code tells us about all living things. The living world simply cannot be studied without recognizing the code behind it all. This series of caches is devoted to those unsung heroes who made it all possible.
NAB CD.EFG W10H JK.LMN
A = Discovered Oxygen, Hydrogen, and Nitrogen
B = The first scientist to isolate DNA.
C = Demonstrated that genes are carried on chromosomes and are the basic units of heredity using fruit flies.
D = The Scientist who discovered the X and Y Chromosomes.
E = Discovered that electrons exist in stable shells around the nucleus of an atom.
F = Discovered the Double Helix shape of DNA using X-Ray Difraction.
G = Used DNA dyes to first see chromosomes, and first described mitosis.
H = Proposed Atomic theory in 1803, that the atom is the smallest form of matter, and cannot be divided.
J = Discovered that DNA was made of Nucleotides which are made of a sugar, phosphate, and a Base.
K = An obscure German monk who studied heredity in pea plants.
L = Discovered Electrons.
M = A Scientist who used maize to discover chromosome cross-over during Meiosis.
N = The scientist who developed the first slow but accurate way to sequence DNA.




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