The History of DNA Electrophoresis


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The timeline of developments in DNA electrophoresis. The publications noted in the figure are as follows: (1) Coleman and Miller, 1942; (2) Matsubara and Takagi, 1962; (3) Peacock, Bunting, and Queen, 1965; (4) Thorne, 1966; (5) Peacock and Dingman, 1967; (6) Loening, 1967; (7) Takahashi and Baba, 1969; (8) Danna and Nathans, 1971; (9) Aaij and Borst, 1972; (10) Hayward and Smith, 1972; (11) Loewen and Khorana, 1973; (12) Maxam and Gilbert, 1974; (13) Woolley and Mathies, 1994; (14) Brody and Kern, 2004a; (15) Brody and Kern, 2004b.