Question

How did the work of Watson, Crick, and Franklin in the 1950s lead to today’s biotechnology and genetic engineering?

Their discovery of how genes pass on traits helped scientists learn to manipulate genetic material.
Their development of vaccines led to longer life spans and many medical breakthroughs.
Their invention of the double helix allowed scientists to learn to clone plants and animals.
Their discovery of genes helped scientists to develop bioengineering.

Answer 1

Their discovery of how genes pass on traits helped scientists learn to manipulate genetic material.

Step-by-step explanation:

Watson, Crick, and Franklin were noble prize winners in Physiology or Medicine because using X-ray crystallography they were able to determinate the structure of DNA. Because of that, they were able to learn that the genes carry parts of traits from our parents and then they learned how to manipulate genetic material.