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The exact molecular organization of DNA was first explained by the Nobel laureates James Watson and Francis Crick in 1953. According to them, a DNA molecule is a form of spiral-ladder or a winding staircase. It is formed of 2 complementary, anti-parallel polynucleotide chains, twisted around a common axis in the form of a right-handed helix.
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