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The Discovery of DNA

Scientists originally believed that proteins contained genetic material, but DNA was suspected in the 20th century. In 1869, scientists discovered DNA while studying white blood cells. Later, Watson and Crick built a model of DNA's structure based on Franklin's revolutionary X-ray crystallography experiments, allowing them to identify that DNA held the hereditary information in chromosomes. After the discovery of DNA's structure, it became possible to identify individual genes and help medicine prevent diseases like cancer.

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The Discovery of DNA

Scientists originally believed that proteins contained genetic material, but DNA was suspected in the 20th century. In 1869, scientists discovered DNA while studying white blood cells. Later, Watson and Crick built a model of DNA's structure based on Franklin's revolutionary X-ray crystallography experiments, allowing them to identify that DNA held the hereditary information in chromosomes. After the discovery of DNA's structure, it became possible to identify individual genes and help medicine prevent diseases like cancer.

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The Discovery Of DNA

Before DNA, scientist believe that proteins were the molecules


that held all of our genetic material. Darwin long ago said that
there would be a discovery of how the genetics are transmitted.
Since the 20th century, DNA was supsect.

● 1869
DNA was discovered in 1869 by a combination of scientists, who were
originally trying to study the composition of white blood cells.

Different groups of scientists were rushing to work out the structure of DNA.
They discovered that the chromosomes didn’t have the hereditary
information and they wanted to found out what was the thing in our bodies
that have that.

Watson and Crick built a structure of DNA from the x-ray data that was
carried out by Franklin.

Franklin did a revolutionary experiment where she was working hundreds of


hours in exposures of x-ray. That enabled her and another scientists.

This model was built correctly by the job of Watson and Crick, but also of
another scientists.
After the discovery
After this discovery, was possible to identify the individual bases of the genes of a person, helped to the medicine to prevent
diseases like cancer and helped in biology studies. In 1962 Crick, Wilkins and Watson were awarded the Nobel Prize for
Franklin’s work. To make money, Wilkins stole the x-ray image that Franklin had taken and shared it with Watson and Crick
to take the credit.

Curiosities
● DNA analysis was first used in police investigations in the 1980’s.
● All human share 99.9% of our DNA sequence.
● The DNA of a human body can last 6.8 millions of years.
● DNA is in teeth and bones.
● If we were inmortal, we would all get cancer.

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