Chemistry
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ISBN: 9780321940872
Author: John E. McMurry, Robert C. Fay, Jill Kirsten Robinson
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.29SP
The following statements pertain to the development of the the- ory of the structure of DNA. Match the statement with the appro- priate step (observation, hypothesis, experiment designed to test hypothesis) in the scientific method.
(a) Two strands of DNA wind around one another in a helical structure.
(b) In a sample of DNA, there are equal amounts of the bases A and T and equal amounts of the bases C and G.
(c) Direct X-rays at a sample of crystallized DNA and interpret the diffraction pattern for structural information.
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