BIOMOLECULES AND ENZYMES

BIOLOGY

NUCLEIC ACIDS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which 2 people used their model to predict how DNA’s chemical structure enables it to function?
A
Mendeleev & Moseley
B
Watson & Crick
C
Thomson & Boyle
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Only one year after Hershey and Chase performed these experiments, James Watson and Francis Crick determined the three-dimensional structure of DNA. This discovery enabled investigators to put together the story of how DNA carries hereditary information from cell to cell.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: Watson and Crick defined DNA as a double helix with two long helical strands twisted together in their paper titled A Structure of Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid. According to them, each DNA strand has discrete units known as bases. The bases along one DNA strand match the bases along the other DNA strand.

Detailed explanation-3: -The 3-dimensional double helix structure of DNA, correctly elucidated by James Watson and Francis Crick.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1962 was awarded to James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins for their discovery of the molecular structure of DNA, which helped solve one of the most important of all biological riddles.

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