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Another significant historic event in biochemistry is the discovery of the gene and its role in the transfer of information in the cell.

This part of biochemistry is often called molecular biology.

In the 1950s, James D. Watson, Francis Crick, Rosalind Franklin, and Maurice Wilkins were instrumental in solving DNA structure and suggesting its relationship with genetic transfer of information.

In 1958, George Beadle and Edward Tatum received the Nobel Prize for work in fungi showing that one gene produces one enzyme.

In 1988, Colin Pitchfork was the first person convicted of murder with DNA evidence, which led to growth of forensic science.

More recently, Andrew Z.

Fire and Craig C. Mello received the 2006 Nobel Prize for discovering the role of RNA interference ( RNAi ), in the silencing of gene expression.