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Which scientist discovered the structure of DNA?
Answer
Watson, Crick, and Franklin
James Watson, Francis Crick, Rosalind Franklin, and Maurice Wilkins collaborated to determine DNA's double helix structure in 1953. Franklin's groundbreaking X-ray crystallography (particularly Photo 51) provided crucial evidence of the helical structure, while Watson and Crick synthesized existing data into their model. This discovery revolutionized biology by revealing how genetic information is stored and replicated, laying the foundation for modern molecular biology and genetics.
💡 Did you know?
If all the DNA in your body were uncoiled end-to-end, it would stretch from Earth to the Sun 99 times and back.
Other options people guess
- Linus Pauling
- Richard Feynman
- Marie Curie
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- genetics
- history-of-science
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