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.
American Heritage Medicine
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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