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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... cytosine The adenine - thymine and guanine - cytosine base pairs used to construct the double helix ( hydrogen bonds are dot- ted ) . The formation of a third hydrogen bond between guanine and cytosine was considered , but rejected ...
... cytosine The adenine - thymine and guanine - cytosine base pairs used to construct the double helix ( hydrogen bonds are dot- ted ) . The formation of a third hydrogen bond between guanine and cytosine was considered , but rejected ...
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... cytosine , a feature obviously impossible for our model . But Wyatt now said that he , together with Seymour Cohen and Al Hershey , had evidence that these phages contained a modified type of cytosine called 5 - hydroxy - methyl cytosine ...
... cytosine , a feature obviously impossible for our model . But Wyatt now said that he , together with Seymour Cohen and Al Hershey , had evidence that these phages contained a modified type of cytosine called 5 - hydroxy - methyl cytosine ...
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... cytosine should hydrogen - bond like cytosine . Also pleasing was the great accuracy of the data , which illustrated better than any previous analytical work the equality of adenine with thymine and guanine with cytosine . While I was ...
... cytosine should hydrogen - bond like cytosine . Also pleasing was the great accuracy of the data , which illustrated better than any previous analytical work the equality of adenine with thymine and guanine with cytosine . While I was ...
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