The parity violating asymmetry in quasielastic electron scattering from the deuteron at backward scattering angles has been recently measured for the first time. Combined with the previously performed similar measurement on the proton, this measurement provides a determination of both the proton’s strange magnetic form factorGMsand the axial vectore-Nform factorGAs.A preliminary analysis indicates thatGMsis slightly positive but consistent with zero and thatGAe(T=1)is in substantial disagreement with the theoretical estimate. ©2000 American Institute of Physics.