The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNASince its publication in 1968, The Double Helix has given countless readers a rare and exciting look at one highly significant piece of scientific research-Watson and Crick's race to discover the molecular structure of DNA. |
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... Chargaff . Since the war , Chargaff and his students had been painstakingly analyzing var- ious DNA samples for the relative proportions of their purine and pyrimidine bases . In all their DNA prepa- rations the number of adenine ( A ) ...
... Chargaff . Since the war , Chargaff and his students had been painstakingly analyzing var- ious DNA samples for the relative proportions of their purine and pyrimidine bases . In all their DNA prepa- rations the number of adenine ( A ) ...
Page 129
... Chargaff said that guanine equaled cytosine , he was equally certain it did not . In Markham's eyes , Chargaff's experimental methods inevitably underestimated the true amount of cytosine . Nonetheless , Francis was not yet ready to ...
... Chargaff said that guanine equaled cytosine , he was equally certain it did not . In Markham's eyes , Chargaff's experimental methods inevitably underestimated the true amount of cytosine . Nonetheless , Francis was not yet ready to ...
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... Chargaff rules ( adenine equals thymine , guanine equals cytosine ) . I , however , maintained my luke- warm response to Chargaff's data . So I welcomed the arrival of lunchtime , when Francis ' cheerful prattle temporarily shifted my ...
... Chargaff rules ( adenine equals thymine , guanine equals cytosine ) . I , however , maintained my luke- warm response to Chargaff's data . So I welcomed the arrival of lunchtime , when Francis ' cheerful prattle temporarily shifted my ...
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