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The Discovery of DNA

  • P. A. Levene

    P. A. Levene

    P. A. Levene determined the basic structure of nucleotides that make up DNA.
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  • Fredrick Griffith

    Fredrick Griffith

    Fredrick Griffith performed the first major experiment that led to the discovery of DNA.
  • Oswald Avery

    Oswald Avery

    Oswald Avery and his colleagues identified the molecule that transformed the R strain of bacteria into the S strain.
  • Erwin Chargaff

    Erwin Chargaff

    Erwin Chargaff founded the Chargaff’s rule: C=F and T=A
  • Rosalind Franklin

    Rosalind Franklin

    Rosalind Franklin joined King’s College and took the now famous Photo 51
  • Hershey and Chase

    Hershey and Chase

    Oswald Avery and his colleagues identified the molecule that transformed the R strain of bacteria into the S strain.
  • Linus Pauling

    Linus Pauling

    Linus Pauling proposed a triple helix structure for DNA
  • Watson and Crick

    Watson and Crick

    Watson and Crick built a model of the Double Helix and published a letter that suggested a structure for DNA.
  • Maurice Wilkins

    Maurice Wilkins

    Maurice Wilkins discovered the double helix structure for DNA