What chemical group alternates with sugar in the DNA backbone?
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Phosphate
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What chemical group alternates with sugar in the DNA backbone?
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Phosphate
Which 1953 Nature paper by Wilkins, Stokes, and Wilson accompanied Watson and Crick's DNA paper?
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Molecular Structure of Deoxypentose Nucleic Acids
How many hydrogen bonds connect an adenine-thymine base pair in DNA?
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two
Which term describes the opposite directions of the two DNA strands in the Watson-Crick model?
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antiparallel
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Which sugar is part of DNA's backbone?
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Deoxyribose
Which 1953 Nature paper by Wilkins, Stokes, and Wilson accompanied Watson and Crick's DNA paper?
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Molecular Structure of Deoxypentose Nucleic Acids
Which wartime organization did Francis Crick work for during World War II?
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Admiralty Research Laboratory
Who was Rosalind Franklin's graduate student who produced Photo 51?
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Raymond Gosling
Which King's College physicist worked with Rosalind Franklin on DNA X-ray studies?
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Maurice Wilkins
Which King's College scientist's unpublished DNA data influenced Watson and Crick's model?
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Rosalind Franklin