Molecular biology is a specialized branch of biology and biochemistry, which is specifically concerned with the study of various biological activities at the molecular level.
Molecular biology includes different biomolecules like amino acids, nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids, along with their compositions, interactions, structure, and functions in the life processes.
The term “Molecular Biology” was coined by an American scientist, Warren Weaver in the year 1938. As per the records, the discovery of molecular biology began in the early 1940s and its fundamental development took place in the year 1953, during the invention of the double-helical structure of the DNA molecule by the two molecular biologists named James Watson and Francis Crick.
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