DNA

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A study of what began when who showed characteristics can be passed down from genetics?
A study of genetics began when Mendel showed the paying down of genes
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DNA consists of what?
A set of codes which control genes which decide or eyes, hair colour, height and so on
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Who was the team who worked together to investigate the structure of DNA?
Francis Crick (physicist), James Watson (chemist) and accompanied by Maurice Wilkins with Rosalind Franklin who brought in crystallography
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Who's photographs was it that suggested genes were arranged in a what structure?
Franklin and the double-helix structure
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In 1990 the Human Genome Project was set up by who and what were the intentions?
Watson, he set out to map location of every single one of 30,000-35,000 genes in 23 chromosomes in every cell
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What did scientists identify?
Certain genes which pass on hereditary conditions
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What developments have come from this discovery?
Altering faulty gems and prevent generic illnesses from developing
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When was the structure of DNA discovered?
1953
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