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Milestones in DNA history 1.The Double Helix structure of DNA was first described by :Ο Watson and King Ο James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice WilkinsΟ Oswald Avery Ο Peter Mitchell Answer: James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice WilkinsThe Double Helix structure of DNA is one of the most significant discoveries of all time. James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins received a Nobel Prize for the Double Helix model of DNA in 1962 ! Another important figure, without whom this discovery would not have been possible was Rosalind Elsie Franklin. Unfortunately, Franklin died at the age of 37 from Ovarian Cancer just four years before the Nobel prize was awarded to Watson, Cricks and Wilkins.It is a tremendous shame that Franklin did not receive due credit for her essential role in this discovery, either during her lifetime or after her untimely death... 2. The scientist who first showed that genetic material is a heat stable chemical is :Ο Franklin GriffithΟ Erwin Chargaff Ο Friedrich Miescher Ο Oswald Avery Answer: Franklin GriffithThis famous breakthrough resulted from an experiment carried out by Franklin Griffith in 1928. He discovered that genetic information can be transferred from heat-killed bacteria cells to live ones.3. The scientist who identified the transforming agent in Griffiths famous experiment (1928) as DNA was :Ο Erwin Chargaff Ο Friedrich Miescher Ο Peter Mitchell Ο Oswald AveryAnswer: Oswald AveryIn 1944, Oswald Avery, and his colleagues Maclyn McCarty and Colin MacLeod identified the transforming agent in Griffiths experiment as DNA.4. The scientist who reported that DNA composition is species specific was :Ο Erwin ChargaffΟ Sidney Brenner Ο Herbert Boyer Ο Hamilton Smith Answer: Erwin ChargaffIn 1949, Erwin Chargaff, a biochemist, reported that the amount of DNA and its nitrogenous bases varies from one species to another. He also found that the amount of adenine equals the amount of thymine, and the amount of g