James Watson and Francis Crick are credited with discovering the structure of DNA. Which of the following characteristics of DNA did this discovery help explain? A How DNA passes on genetic information. B The amount of DNA in a chromosome. C The number of base pairs in a DNA molecule. D Why DNA exists in all living cells.
C. the number of base pairs in a DNA molecule. Drs. Watson and Crick uniquely identified a double helical DNA structure with repeating amino acid base pairs A-T-G-C, for which they CO-wrote the Nobel Prize. Hope that helps!
