[2015] Katherine Ledford: Gregor Mendel

IDemonstrated the cytological proof for crossing-over in maize.

He is best known for independently conceiving the theory of evolution through natural selection; his paper on the subject was jointly published with some of Charles Darwin's writings in 1858.

Gregor Mendel

"Father of Genetics"Gregor Mendel is most well known for his work with his pea plants in the Abbey gardens

Carl Correns Hugo de Vries Erich von Tschermak Mendel's principles were independently discovered and verified, marking the beginning of modern genetics

Barbara McClintock & Harriet B. Creighton

Alfred Russel Wallace

Isolated the first restriction enzyme, HindII, that could cut DNA molecules within specific recognition sites

Kent Wilcox

Fred SangerDeveloped the chain termination (dideoxy) method for sequencing DNA.