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The double helix structure of the DNA was proposed by

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Watson and Crick
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Gregor Mendel
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Carolus Linnaeus
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Robert Whittaker
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Solution

The correct option is A Watson and Crick
James Watson and Francis Crick determined the double-helical structure of DNA in 1953 for which they received the Nobel prize along with Maurice Wilkins.

Gregor Mendel discovered inheritable units and called them factors.
Carolus Linnaeus is the father of taxonomy.
Robert Whittaker proposed the five-kingdom classification of living organisms.

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