ANT203H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Maurice Wilkins, Linus Pauling, Deoxyadenosine
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The biological basis of life part 1. Was very important in deciphering the genetic code* Cells are the basic units of life: bacteria and more complex cells known as eukaryotes. Cells of bacteria and blue-green algae lack nuclear membrane. Cells of other life forms, including multicellular plants and animals, have a nucleus in which the genetic material is organized on chromosomes. A representation of the typical prokaryote and eukaryote cells is shown in the next slide. The instructions to carry out all the activities required by most living systems are stored in a molecule called dna (deoxyribonucleic acid). Some life forms are based on a related molecule, rna (ribonucleic acid). The structure of dna was deciphered more than 50 years ago (1953) by. Let"s review the structure of this important molecule, key for the transmission of the instructions of life from generation to generation. Other researchers involved in the race to find the structure of the dna.
