Discovering the structure of DNA DNA = Deoxyribose nucleic acid Made out of sugars (deoxyribose),...

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Discovering the structure of DNA • DNA = Deoxyribose nucleic acid • Made out of sugars (deoxyribose), phosphates and nitrogen bases

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Discovering the structure of DNA

• DNA = Deoxyribose nucleic acid

• Made out of sugars (deoxyribose), phosphates

and nitrogen bases

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Discovering the structure of DNA

• Structure was discovered in 1953 by James

Watson and Francis Crick

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Discovering the structure of DNA

Rosalind Franklin’s DNA image

“Chargoff’s rule”

A = T & C = G

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Cell division and DNA replication

• Cells divide

Growth, Repair, Replacement

• Before cells divide they have to double cell

structures, organelles and their genetic

information

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DNA replication

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DNA replication

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DNA replication

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DNA replication

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DNA replication

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DNA replication

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Original DNA strands

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DNA replication

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Newly assembled DNA strands

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DNA replication

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Semi-conservative replication

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DNA replication

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