What contribution did Chargaff make to the discovery of the shape of DNA?

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aaronq · Answer

have you heard about "Chargaff's rule"?

anonymous · Answer

Well, I know that A goes with T and G goes with C because they have about the same amount of percentages or something like that.

aaronq · Answer

so his finding implied that AT and GC are paired since they occur in equal amounts. not much really you can infer from this without other people's work.

anonymous · Answer

Yeah, I know. The internet isn't giving me much help either. To bad I wasn't able to check out a book.

aaronq · Answer

hm well i think that's your answer, his works suggested the base pairing.