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James Watson discovered the double helix structure, he was the one they kept pushing and bringing all the research together
Francis Crick was also credited for discovering the double helix structure of DNA life has to follow rules of physics and chemistry
Maurice Wilkins it was his xray that Watson and crick used, Xray diffraction
Rosalind Franklin had the double helix structure in her notes but wasn’t the first t figure it out
Oswald Avery once it was replicated in his own labhe ran with it, (2 previous important advancements 1. Transformed bacteria in lab cultures 2. Made an extract that replicated the transforming activity of killed bacteria), discovered that DNA could carry functions a
Fredrick Griffith the mouse experiment with rough and sooth viruses (mouse dies and produces live smooth virulent bacteria from rough nonvirulent and heat killed smooth)
Nettie stevens discovered through small beetles that sex was passed through chromosomes, but never came to a clear conclusion
Andrew Wakefield doctor that did the study that linked vaccination to autism. Later discovered that it was false and his findings were ridged, his finding could never be reproduced
Phinneas Gage he had a clean cut right through the brain, he lived but his personality was severily changed for the negative, this is how we first learned personality comes from the front part of the brain
Robin Warren first to discover that bacteria could be the thing causing disease in the stomach (stomach ulsers), started the process of looking into it
Barrey Marshell was a student under warren, launched testing along side warren, he was the one that analized the data to find the corolation between bacteria and stomack issues
Thomas Morgan white eyed fruit flys, Determined that sex was based down by chromosomes on the x chromosome, determined that our chromosomes over lap in meosis and that’s how different genes from and and dad are passed down, had a very younge team working in the fly roo
Charles Darwin discovered natural selection after a five
Alfred Wallace came to idea of natural selection completely separately of Darwin. Went on his own trips, had his own notes, collected his own fossils
Kim peek the man that could read with each eye at the same time, born with his corpus collosum severed, low iq and limited motor skills
Insulin pancreas lower blood sugar by allowing glucose into cells
melaonin pineal glands help with the circadian rythms- sleep
estrogen overies develope female sexual charactorists
testosterone testies regulate sex drive, bone mass, fat distribution, muscle mass and sperm health
cortisol adreanal glands the stress hormone, gives body resources to repair
Brocas area left side of brain form words
wernickes area left side of brain understand words
hippocampus temporal lobe long term memory
occipital lobe back of skull visual processing
hypothalamus center of the brain very important in regulating temp, hunger, thirst, blood pressure, sex, sleep, mood
temporal lobe behind the ears sounds form ears, recognizing and suing language, long term memory
frontal lobe fourhead voluntary movements, discion making, problem solving
Parental lobe top back of head all sensory perception
cerebellum very bottom of brain above brain stem muscle control/ balance
brainstem bottom of brain and neck regulate body (breathing and heart rate), balance coordination and reflexes
sperry and gazzaniga discovered the corpus collosum communicates between the two sides of the brain
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