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Who first identified DNA as an acidic substance in the nucleus and what did they name was proposed to it?

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a

James Watson and Francis Crick; they named it the "Double Helix.

b

Friedrich Meischer; he named it "Nuclein."

c

Erwin Chargaff; he named it "Chargaff's Rule."

d

Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin; they named it "Deoxyribonucleic Acid."

answer is B.

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DNA as an acidic substance present in nucleus was first identified by Friedrich Meischer in 1869. He named it as ‘Nuclein’.

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