Chargaff
Britishnoun
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Chargaff found that the ratio of A = T and C = G, and that the percentage content of A, T, G, and C is different for different species.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Biochemist Erwin Chargaff discovered similarities in the percentages of bases in DNA.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2018
Moreover, such an arrangement neatly explained what Chargaff had discovered in 1950.
From Time Magazine Archive
Biochemist Erwin Chargaff, bypassed by the DNA revolution, is "the man of mordant dissent."
From Time Magazine Archive
Not remembering which of the bases had amino groups, he could not qualitatively describe the quantum-mechanical argument until he asked Chargaff to write out their formulas.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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