Watson-Crick model
[wot-suh n-krik] /ˈwɒt sənˈkrɪk/
noun, Biochemistry.
1.
a widely accepted model for the three-dimensional structure of DNA, featuring a double-helix configuration for the molecule’s two hydrogen-bonded complementary polynucleotide strands.
Watson-Crick model n.
A three-dimensional model of the DNA molecule, consisting of two polynucleotide strands wound in the form of a double helix and joined in a ladderlike fashion by hydrogen bonds between the purine and pyrimidine bases.
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