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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(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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