THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE
DNA REPLICATION
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Question
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What was Watson and Crick’s main scientific accomplishment?
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Building the first accurate model of DNA
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Isolating strains of pneumonia causing bacteria
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Determining base pairing rules
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Discovering the process of genetic transformation
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Watson and Crick realized that DNA was made up of two chains of nucleotide pairs that encode the genetic information for all living things. Credits: Photo of Rosalind Franklin courtesy of Vittorio Luzzati. Photo of x-ray crystallography (Exposure 51) courtesy of King’s College Archives.
Detailed explanation-2: -Their model enabled them to explain the molecular structure of nucleic acids, and also pinpoint DNA as the carrier of genetic information. Although many researchers around the world had focused on DNA before, Watson and Crick were the discoverers of the famous DNA double helix.
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