Question

Who among the following shared the Nobel Prize in 1962 along with Francis Crick and James Watson for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids?

(a) Erwin Chargaff

(b) Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins

(c) Rosalind Franklin

(d) Phoebus Levene

Answer 1

(b) Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1962 was awarded jointly to Francis Harry Compton Crick, James Dewey Watson and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins. They were awarded Nobel Prize for their discoveries associated with the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living beings.

Answer 2

(b) Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins