LIFE SCIENCE

OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE

BIOCHEMISTRY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is the “mad scientist” who took this photo, providing evidence for the structure of DNA, and had it stolen?
A
Hooke
B
Crick
C
Franklin
D
Watson
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Rosalind Franklin was a chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose data contributed to the discovery of DNA’s molecular structure. That data wasn’t stolen from her, newly uncovered evidence suggests.

Detailed explanation-2: -On 6 May 1952, at King´s College London in London, England, Rosalind Franklin photographed her fifty-first X-ray diffraction pattern of deoxyribosenucleic acid, or DNA.

Detailed explanation-3: -Meanwhile, Franklin–an expert in X-ray imaging–was studying the molecules at King’s College in London, along with a scientist named Maurice Wilkins. It was there that Franklin captured the iconic Photograph 51, an X-ray image showing DNA’s criss-cross shape.

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