The First Group of Researchers to Correctly Identify the Double-Helix

question 36

Multiple Choice

The first group of researchers to correctly identify the double-helix structure of DNA were ________.

• A) McClintock and Franklin
• B) Hershey and Chase
• C) Pauling and Avery
• D) Watson and Crick

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