Molecular Biology of the Gene 7th Edition by Richard Losick, James Watson, Michael Levine, Tamara Baker, Alexander Gann

Exercise 8

Use your knowledge of X-ray diffraction to match the letter below with its corresponding diffraction pattern. Assume that the diffraction pattern is based on a repeating pattern (or array) of that letter, but for simplicity only a single letter is shown. [ Hint: Break each letter down into its component lines and think of the diffraction pattern each line would generate. Then, combine the patterns from the individual lines to get the final diffraction pattern. An example has been completed for you.)