How were the Western(ssDNA) and Northern(RNA) Blots given their names?

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Is there any reason for those directions in particular?

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Edwin Southern invented the Southern Blot test in 1975.

Northern Blot and Western Blot were just a play on words from that.

You know those wacky scientists, always up for a witty joke.