THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE
STRUCTURE OF NUCLEIC ACIDS
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Question
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Which of the following was/were first discovered by Watson and Crick?None, some or all may be correct.
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DNA has a helical structure
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The amounts of A and T are equal and the amounts of C and G are equal
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DNA strands are antiparallel to each other
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DNA is a double helix
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Watson and Crick were not the discoverers of DNA, but rather the first scientists to formulate an accurate description of this molecule’s complex, double-helical structure.
Detailed explanation-2: -Created by Rosalind Franklin using a technique called X-ray crystallography, it revealed the helical shape of the DNA molecule. Watson and Crick realized that DNA was made up of two chains of nucleotide pairs that encode the genetic information for all living things.
Detailed explanation-3: -On February 28, 1953, Cambridge University scientists James D. Watson and Francis H.C. Crick announce that they have determined the double-helix structure of DNA, the molecule containing human genes.
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