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To explain: Watson and Crick model accounts for the data discussed in the text.
Introduction: The deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a hereditary material that is found in almost all living organisms. The DNA is a double-stranded helix that contains genetic information for the organism to grow, function, development, and reproduction.
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The X-ray crystallography of the DNA is found by Rosalind Franklin. The structural properties of the crystal DNA specimen are exposed in the X-ray crystallography is exposed by Rosalind Franklin working along with Francis Wilkins revealed the structure of DNA in an X pattern. The X pattern of the X-ray crystallography by the Rosalind Franklin and based on some information knowledge, Watson and Crick constructed the double helical structure of the DNA. Though, Watson and Crick did not even perform single experiments, they gave the key data that nucleotides are intertwines to form the double helix of the DNA.
The DNA is made up of nucleotides, each
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Chapter 14 Solutions
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- List some pieces of information that were critical to the process that led Watson and Crick to their momentous insight.arrow_forwardContrast the contributions made to an understanding of transformation by Griffith and by Avery and his colleagues.arrow_forwardDescribe the various characteristics of the Watson–Crick doublehelix model for DNA.arrow_forward
- Explain how the use of radiolabeled amino acids in this procedure helped to reveal the genetic code.arrow_forwardExplain how the use of radiolabeled aminoacids in this procedure helped to reveal the genetic code.arrow_forwardWhat happened to cause Watson and Crick to be eliminated or banned from the research race at Kings?arrow_forward
- What background information did waston and crick have made availale for developing a model of DNA? What wastheir contribution?arrow_forwardWhat were the two critical questions about genetic material in cells that Watson and Crick answered with the double heliz and how did the double heliz structure answer each question?arrow_forwardWhat is a Watson–Crick base pair?arrow_forward
- Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Co...BiologyISBN:9781305251052Author:Michael CummingsPublisher:Cengage Learning