Fred Sanger, 1975

A gene is a discrete sequence of DNA nucleotides

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16519. Gallery 23: Fred Sanger, ca1940's

Fred Sanger, late 1940's.

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16517. Gallery 23: Fred and Margaret Joan Howe, 1940

Fred Sanger and his wife, 1940.

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16516. Gallery 23: Fred Sanger at age 11

Fred Sanger (middle) at age 11 with his older brother and younger sister.

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16521. Gallery 23: Fred Sanger, 1980

Fred Sanger at his second Nobel Prize ceremony, 1980.

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16518. Gallery 23: Fred Sanger, 1949

Fred Sanger at a 1949 Cold Spring Harbor Symposium meeting.

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16520. Gallery 23: Fred Sanger, late 1950's

Fred Sanger in his lab, late 1950's. He is looking at sequencing results.

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15922. Early DNA sequencing

Two sequencing techniques were developed independently in the 1970s. The method developed by Fred Sanger used chemically altered "dideoxy" bases to terminate newly synthesized DNA fragments at specific bases (either A, C, T, or G). These fragments are th

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15479. Sanger method of DNA sequencing, 3D animation with narration

The DNA sequencing method developed by Fred Sanger forms the basis of automated "cycle" sequencing reactions today.

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16522. Video 23: Richard McCombie, clip 1

Comments about the way sequencing is done as developed by Fred Sanger and now.

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16526. Biography 23: Frederick Sanger (1918-2013)

Frederick Sanger received two Nobel prizes (in the same category), for his work on protein sequencing and DNA sequencing.

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