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Date November 2017 Marks available 1 Reference code 17N.1.SL.TZ0.10
Level Standard level Paper Paper 1 Time zone TZ0
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Question

For which discovery about DNA do Watson and Crick receive credit?

A. DNA is the molecule that genes are made of.

B. The amount of adenine equals the amount of thymine in an organism.

C. Phosphate–pentose bonding along the nucleotide backbone is covalent.

D. The shape of DNA is a double helix.

Markscheme

D

Examiners report

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Syllabus sections

Core » Topic 2: Molecular biology » 2.6 Structure of DNA and RNA
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