"One gene, one polypeptide" hypothesis (1 Viewer)

[hydrobiont]

Can somebody tell me what is meant by the "One gene, one polypeptide" hypothesis?

Also, does anyone know the evidence gathered by Watson and Crick that pointed to the complementarily of the nucleotide base adenine, guanine, cytosine and thymine?

 

[rhia]

Can somebody tell me what is meant by the "One gene, one polypeptide" hypothesis?

Also, does anyone know the evidence gathered by Watson and Crick that pointed to the complementarily of the nucleotide base adenine, guanine, cytosine and thymine?

what is meant by the "one gene, one polypeptide", originally the "one gene, one enzyme" - altered because we now understand that enzymes, or proteins can consist of more than 1 polypeptide - hypothesis as hypothesised by beadle and tatum, is that each gene is responsible for the production of a polypeptide.

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the evidence that 'pointed to the complementarily' of the nitrogenous bases was that the ratio of A:T, and that of C:G was always the same.