Watson-Crick Model Definition

wätsən-krĭk
noun
A three-dimensional model of the DNA molecule, consisting of two complementary polynucleotide strands wound in the form of a double helix and joined in a ladderlike fashion by hydrogen bonds between the purine and pyrimidine bases.
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Origin of Watson-Crick Model

  • After James Dewey Watson Francis Henry Compton Crick

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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