Friedrich Miescher isolated a compound called nuclein which was later termed as .
A
gene
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B
factor
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C
nucleic acid
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D
nucleus
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Solution
The correct option is C nucleic acid Friedrich Miescher in 1869, isolated a compound called nuclein which was later termed as nucleic acid. Nucleic acid is the genetic material of all living organisms.