DNA

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biology Mind Map on DNA, created by naturenatalie on 09/05/2013.
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DNA
  1. DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid
    1. body cells are found in the nucleus
      1. inside a strand on dna is a chromosome
        1. DNA is a molecule
          1. double helix
            1. they used xray data showing that DNA is a double helix formed from 2 chains wound together
              1. pairs
              2. they also used other data showing that the bases occurred in pairs
              3. bases
                1. A & T
                  1. G & C
                  2. 1953
                    1. Francis Crick and James Watson discovered dna
                      1. rosalind franklin
                        1. maurice wilkins
                          1. thought is was a triple helix
                            1. but they where wrong it was a double helix
                        2. genetic information contains chromosomes
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