DNA Notes
The shape of DNA is __double
helix______.
Write in correctly matching nitrogen base pairs on the DNA strand below.
A = Adenine
C = Cytosine
G = Guanine
T = Thymine
G
C
Write in which base pairs match up below.
A–T
C-G
A
C
T
T
G
A
C
G
T
A
Discovery of DNA Note sheet
Scientist
Rosalind
Franklin
(1920-1958)
Maurice Wilkins
(1916-2004)
James Watson
(1928- )
Francis Crick
(1916-2004)
Work
Credit
Very little credit
Worked hard at changing the view of was given to her
women in science. She also took the
until recently.
x-rays of DNA that allowed its shape
to be discovered, however, she did
not get credit for her work until
recently and was not included in the
Nobel Prize awarded to the other
scientists with whom she worked to
discover the structure of DNA.
Viewed his female colleague as his
assistant and didn’t get along well
with her. Also shared the work he
and his colleague did with a rival
team of scientists at a competing lab
that helped them discover the shape
of DNA.
Worked together along with using
the work of a few other scientists to
be the first to figure out and publish
the shape of the DNA molecule.
Didn’t, however, fully disclose the
help the other scientists work gave
them.
Shared the Nobel
Prize in 1962
Shared the Nobel
Prize in 1962
Together these FOUR people are known for
discovering the double helix shape of DNA.