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What was Chargaff's conclusion?

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Chargaff made an observation about DNA that was very important in the determination of its structure. He noticed that the amount of adenine always equaled the amount of the thymine, and the amount of cytosine always equaled the amount of guanine. This principle is known as chargaffs rule, and it helped Watson and crick eventually realize that A paired with T and C paired with G.

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Chargaff discovered that adenine and thymine exist in the same amounts in cells, as do guanine and cytosine. This discovery is called Chargaff's ratio. Chargaff himself never came to the conclusion that they must be somehow bonded to one another; that was Watson and Crick.

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for any organism, the amount of A was equal to the amount of T

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