The Double Helix

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Who is credited with the crystallography photo that proved the double helix structure of DNA?

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Rosalind Franklin

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In the 1950s, what molecule did many scientists think carried the genetic code instead of DNA?

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Proteins

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How is information in DNA stored?

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By the sequence of the bases

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What explains heredity?

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An arrangement of atoms

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Who discovered the structure of the DNA molecule?

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James Watson and Francis Crick

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What are the building blocks of DNA?

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Nucleotides

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What are the four bases found in DNA?

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Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine

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What is the shape of the DNA molecule?

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Double helix

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What is the role of DNA in living organisms?

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To store and transmit genetic information

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What is the process by which DNA is copied?

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DNA replication