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The term dna was coined by whom?


Ankita Kundu 28th Apr, 2019
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Bharat 21st Jun, 2022

zacharis gave the term DNA

zacharis gave

zacharis gave

Bharat 21st Jun, 2022

zacharis scientis gave the name DNA

Manan Pareek 28th Apr, 2019

Hi Ankita,

DNA is the hereditary material present in the cells of all human and other living organisms. DNA is a nucleic acid generally regarded as a blueprint, a recipe or a code of an organism.

There were three main players behind the discovery of DNA

Francis Crick, James Watson, Maurice Wilkins

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Anandhu J 28th Apr, 2019

Hello,

DNA is deoxyribonucleic acid. It is present in nucleus of the cell. During his experiments F. Miescher discovered the so called "nuclein" from pus. The understood that it contain hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus atoms.

We all know that it is an acid as it contains phosphoric acid at the 5' end. And the term nucleic acid was put forward by Richard Altmann. So is Deoxyribo nucleic acid  - nucleic acid with deoxyribose sugar.

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