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The Discovery of DNA

Mendel's laws of genetics were purely descriptive. Cellular genetics, the study of the transfer of biological information at the level of cells, set the stage for research in molecular mechanisms of genetics. The double-helix structure of DNA was first described in 1952 by James Watson and Francis Crick.

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  • Runtime 30 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-G
  • Created March 3, 2011 by
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