The two twentieth-century biologists (James D. Watson of the United States and Francis H. C. Crick of England) who discovered the double helix of DNA.
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Watson and Crick were James D. Watson and Francis Crick who, using x-ray data collected by Rosalind Franklin, proposed the double helix structure of the DNA molecule in 1953. Their article, Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid, is celebrated for its treatment of the B form of DNA (B-DNA), and as the source of Watson-Crick base pairing of nucleotides. They were, with Maurice Wilkins, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1962.
According to legend, as they walked into the Eagle pub in Cambridge Crick announced, "We have found the secret of Life." [1][2]
See also
- The Double Helix - a 1968 book by Watson recounting his collaboration with Crick
References
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2804545.stm
- ^ The Time 100 at time.com;retrieved on March 19, 2009
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- James Watson (Scientist)
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- Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins (New Zealand–British biophysicist)
- The 20th Century with Mike Wallace: The DNA Revolution (1998 History Film)
