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Give one significant contribution of each of the following scientists:
Chargaff

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Chargaff proposed the Chargaff's Rule. The rule states that the amount of Purine equals the amount of Pyrimidine. The amount of Adenine is equal to the amount of Thymine and the amount of Cytosine is equal to the amount of Guanine.
It was important in estimating the percentage of Nucleotides and deducing the structure of DNA.

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