July 2024
Intermediate to advanced
280 pages
12h 52m
English
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a macromolecule composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix carrying genetic instructions for the development, functioning, growth, and reproduction of all known organisms and many viruses.
DNA is found in the nucleus of cells in multicellular organisms and was first isolated in 1869 by the Swiss physician Friedrich Miescher. Its structure was suggested by James Watson and Francis Crick in 1953. They won the Nobel Prize in 1962 for their discovery of the molecular structure of DNA, which helped solve one of the most important of all biological riddles. Another scientist who made great contribution to this ...
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