Breaking Down DNA

Phoebus Levene - 1909 and 1929 - In 1909, Levene discovered ribose, a sugar present in genetic material. Later in 1929, he discovered deoxyribose and nucleotides (adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine), recognizing the significance of phosphate-sugar bases in the structure of DNA.

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• Phoebus Levene Biography on Wikipedia

(1865) Basic Genetics: Mendel

(1869) Finding DNA: Miescher

(1909 and 1929) Breaking Down DNA: Levene

(1928 and 1944) DNA Inheritance: Griffith and Avery

(1950) DNA Base Pairing: Chargaff

(1953) DNA Structure: Franklin, Wilkins, and Gosling; and Watson and Crick

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