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Who is father of DNA?


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DNA: DNA is a group of molecules that is responsible for carrying and transmitting the hereditary materials or the genetic instructions from parents to offsprings

Father of DNA:

  1. James Watson is known as the Father of DNA, however, it is important to note that he did not discover DNA.
  2. Friedrich Miescher first isolated nucleic acids from pus cells in discarded surgical bands. The acidic substance that Miescher isolated was called as nuclein. It was, later on, showed to be DNA.

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