Q. The double helical model of the DNA was proposed by Watson and Crick based on what data produced by Wilkins and Franklin?
A) Hybridization
B) DNA sequencing
C) Southern blotting
D) X-ray diffraction
Explanation
In 1953, James Wateson and Francis Crick based on the X-ray diffraction data produced by Maurice, Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin, proposed a very simple but famous double helix model for the structure of DNA.
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