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Discovering the structure of DNA
• DNA = Deoxyribose nucleic acid
• Made out of sugars (deoxyribose), phosphates
and nitrogen bases
Discovering the structure of DNA
• Structure was discovered in 1953 by James
Watson and Francis Crick
Discovering the structure of DNA
Rosalind Franklin’s DNA image
“Chargoff’s rule”
A = T & C = G
Cell division and DNA replication
• Cells divide
Growth, Repair, Replacement
• Before cells divide they have to double cell
structures, organelles and their genetic
information
DNA replication
DNA replication
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DNA replication
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Original DNA strands
DNA replication
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Newly assembled DNA strands
DNA replication
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Semi-conservative replication
DNA replication
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