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Question
What background information did Watson and Crick had available with them for developing a model of DNA? What was their own contribution?
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Solution
Wastson and Crick had the following informations which helped them to develop a model of DNA.
- Chargaffs’ Law suggesting A = T, and C = G.
- Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin’s work on DNA crystal’s X-ray diffraction studies about DNA’s physical structure.
- Watson and crick proposed
- How complementary bases may pair
- Semi-conservative replication and
- Mutation through tautomerism
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