Question

Which important property of DNA did Friedrich Miescher discover?

Answer 1

Answer:

Friedrich Miescher first discovered DNA as a biomolecule. He isolated nuclein in which DNA is wrapped around cellular proteins such as Histones. Many years after Miescher's discovery it was proved that DNA is the hereditary material in cells.

Answer 2

Which important property of dna did friedrich miescher discover?

a. it is made partly of sugar molecules.

b. it has a double-helix structure.

c. it is three-dimensional.

d. it is found in the nucleus of a cell.

ANSWER: d. it is found in the nucleus of a cell.

Explanation:

• Friedrich Miescher  was a well-known biologist and was the 1st to identify the molecule, in 1869, which today we all know as as DNA.
• DNA was discovered Miescher that isolated a compound from the white blood cells' nuclei. This compound was neither a lipid, nor a carbohydrate, nor a a protein - it was  a novel type of biological molecule.
• Miescher named this discovery "nuclein," since he had isolated it from the cells' nuclei. Later it was called DNA