Module 5 Cloning Section Ⅳ Other Parts of the Module[原文呈现][读文清障] Cloning and DNAMany people think that the science of genetics① and cloning is recent
It's certainly true that② in 1953, Watson and Crick, two scientists at Cambridge University, England, discovered the structure of the acid③ DNA — a transparent④twisting⑤ ladder made of the fundamental⑥components⑦ of life⑧
But in fact, it was in 1866 that⑨ Mendel first recorded the results of growing pea plants
He understood that both the parent plants had influenced the genetic makeup⑩ of the new plant
In 1973, biochemists Cohen and Boyer discovered a procedure⑪ to use enzymes⑫ — chemicals⑬ formed in the body — to unzip⑭ the DNA, to cut out⑮a sequence of⑯genes⑰, and finally to insert⑱ them into the host cell⑲ and combine with⑳ its DNA