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Page 128
A similar argument could be put forward for attractive forces between guanine
and cytosine . Francis immediately jumped at the answer . If his memory served
him right , these were the pairs of bases that Chargaff had shown to occur in
equal ...
A similar argument could be put forward for attractive forces between guanine
and cytosine . Francis immediately jumped at the answer . If his memory served
him right , these were the pairs of bases that Chargaff had shown to occur in
equal ...
Page 193
Also Francis did not like the fact that the structure gave no explanation for the
Chargaff rules ( adenine equals thymine , guanine equals cytosine ) . I , however
, maintained my lukewarm response to Chargaff ' s data . So I welcomed the
arrival ...
Also Francis did not like the fact that the structure gave no explanation for the
Chargaff rules ( adenine equals thymine , guanine equals cytosine ) . I , however
, maintained my lukewarm response to Chargaff ' s data . So I welcomed the
arrival ...
Page 212
... his crystallographic advice and was prepared to exchange unconcealed
hostility for conversation between equals . ... with Maurice and Randall were
connected with her understandable need for being equal to the people she
worked with .
... his crystallographic advice and was prepared to exchange unconcealed
hostility for conversation between equals . ... with Maurice and Randall were
connected with her understandable need for being equal to the people she
worked with .
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