Question

Who discovered the nucleic acid DNA? What was it called then?

Answer 1

Answer:

The Swiss scientist Friedrich Miescher discovered nucleic acids (DNA) in 1868. Later, he raised the idea that they could be involved in heredity. Nucleic acids received their name because they were originally isolated from cell nuclei. They contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and phosphorus; have acidic character; and are found in all living beings. They are linear macromolecules formed by the polymerization of units called nucleotides