Chargaff was the one who discovered that Adenine (A) combines with Thymine (T) and Cytosine (C) pairs up with Guanine (G)
He didnt discover DNA, Erwin Chargaff proposed two main rules in his lifetime which were appropriately named Chargaff's rules. The first and best known achievement was to show that in natural DNA the number of guanine units equals the number of cytosine units and the number of adenine units equals the number of thymine units. The second of Chargaff's rules is that the composition of DNA varies from one species to another, in particular in the relative amounts of A, G, T, and C bases. Such evidence of molecular diversity, which had been presumed absent from DNA, made DNA a more credible candidate for the genetic material than protein.
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adenine/thymine=guanine/cytosine
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Erwin Chargaff
Erwin Chargaff
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Erwin Chargaff was born on August 11, 1905.
Erwin Chargaff was born on August 11, 1905.
Erwin Chargaff died on June 20, 2002 at the age of 96.
Yes, Chargaff was married to Vera Broido and they had one son together named Thomas.
Erwin Chargaff died on June 20, 2002 at the age of 96.
the amount of A is always equivalent to T, and C to G.
Watson and Crick came up with the base-pairing rule for nucleic acids using Chargaff's rule that in DNA the percentages of adenine and thymine are equal, and the percentages of guanine and cytosine are equal. Refer to the related link below.
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Chargaff was the one who discovered that Adenine (A) combines with Thymine (T) and Cytosine (C) pairs up with Guanine (G)