Principles of Biology
Principles of Biology
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Author: Robert Brooker, Eric P. Widmaier Dr., Linda Graham Dr. Ph.D., Peter Stiling Dr. Ph.D.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Erwin Chargaff was a scientist who worked very hard upon the nitrogenous bases. He stated that “adenine pairs to thymine with two hydrogen bonds and guanine always pairs to cytosine with the help of three hydrogen bonds.”

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