The Double Helix

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In the 1950s when Watson and Crick were working on their model of DNA, many scientists did not think that DNA carried the genetic code. What was the other molecule that they thought it could be?

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proteins

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What are the chemical components of a DNA nucleotide?

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a phosphate, a sugar, and a nitrogenous base.

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Complimentary strand to the nucleotide sequence: C-T-A-C

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GATG

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Who was credited with the discovery of the structure of the DNA molecule?

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James Watson and Francis Crick

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Who is credited with the crystallography photo that proved the double helix structure of DNA?

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Rosalind Franklin

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How is information stored in DNA?

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sequence of the bases

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The discoverers of the structure of DNA were awarded the Nobel prize in what year?

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1962

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Heredity can be explained by:

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an arrangement of atoms