DNA Discoveries Before Watson and Crick

Watson and Crick discovered DNA’s structure, but other scientists paved the way for them.

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James Watson and Francis Crick discovered DNA’s structure in 1953, but other scientists paved the way for them. Swiss chemist Friedrich Miescher isolated DNA in 1869, testing cell nuclei in pus. In 1944, Oswald Avery, Colin MacLeod and Maclyn McCarty’s study of pneumonia bacteria provided definitive evidence that DNA was the molecule of heredity.

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[Mokhtaramara]

The discovery of Avery that DNA us genetic material deserved Nobel prize .. but it was not awarded to Avery.

[alexandramaclachlan]

Love seeing a scientist with cool ear tunnels. Take that Susan, "they're unprofessional" my posterior.

[shreyasarojkar]

Rosalind Franklin is the inventor of DNA

[lemanhuseynzade]

Can someone send the link of the whole video?

[Strelnikov]

You could make a video like this for every scientific discovery we have. It is the process of science... to take what others have done and make the next leap forward. But unfortunately, it has become politically popular to downplay the contributions of James Watson... Please keep politics out of science. It will be it's death knell.

[Bossbaby]

Why is this music fire?the chromosome pic is too good

[pepper]

Rosland franklin discovered the structure of DNA