Question

When was the structure of DNA discovered?

Answer 1

DNA:

1. DNA is abbreviated as deoxyribonucleic acid.
2. It is the genetic material that contains genetic information and is passed on from parents to offspring.
3. The first two people who recognized DNA were James D. Watson and Francis Harry Compton Crick.
4. DNA is composed of nitrogenous bases that are linked to form a double-helical structure.
5. DNA undergoes replication and then undergoes transcription to form messenger RNA.
6. mRNA undergoes translation to generate a polypeptide chain.
7. This polypeptide chain undergoes post-translational modification to form functional proteins.
8. James D. Watson and Francis Harry Compton Crick discovered the DNA molecule in 1953.