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Answer: DNA is called a polynucleotide as it consists of long chain of many nucleotides(a combination of De-oxy Ribose sugar + a Nitrogenous base- Adenine/Thymine/Cytocine/Guanine+ a phosphate group). Who renamed Nuclein as nucleic acid? Miescher recognised that he had discovered a novel molecule. Since he had isolated it from theRead More →

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In 1869, while working under Ernst Hoppe-Seyler at the University of Tübingen, Miescher discovered a substance containing both phosphorus and nitrogen in the nuclei of white blood cells found in pus. Who first extracted DNA? Friedrich Miescher isolates DNA for the first time. Miescher, a Swiss scientist, wanted to studyRead More →