Q154 / 180 · NEET 2020 (Phase 2) · Zoology

The term 'Nuclein' for the genetic material was used by:

  • A
    Franklin
  • Correct answer
    B
    Meischer
  • C
    Chargaff
  • D
    Mendel

Solution

Friedrich Meischer, a Swiss biochemist was first to isolate nucleic acids from the nucleus of pus cells in 1869. He called it nuclein. Richard Altmann coined the term ‘Nucleic acid’ in 1889.

Hence, the correct answer is option: 'B'.

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