What was one of the pieces of evidence most critical to the discovery of DNA structure?

A. the hydrogen bonding between different nucleotides
B. its composition of four different nucleotides
C. the discovery of its semi-conservative mode of replication
D. the backbone containing sugar-phosphate linkages
E. an X-ray diffraction pattern suggesting a double helix shape


Answer: E

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