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Chargaff's Ratio

This video explains what Chargaff's ratio is. In 1950, Erwin Chargaff published a paper stating that in the DNA of any given species, the ratio of adenine to thymine is equal, as is the ratio of cytosine to guanine. This became known as Chargaff's ratio, and it was an important clue for solving the structure of DNA.

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Channels: Genetics

Tags: Chargaff Ratio

Uploaded by: ( Send Message ) on 08-02-2013.

Duration: 0m 49s