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Watson and Crick were the first to figure out the shape of DNA, which turns out to be a double helix. They did not make it, they observed it.

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What discovery did Watson and Crick make about the structure of DNA?

They discovered the double helix.


When did crick and Watson make the DNA model?

Francis Crick and James Watson proposed the double helix model of DNA in 1953. This model revolutionized our understanding of the structure of DNA and its role in heredity.


What year did Watson and crick make the model of the DNA structure?

Watson and Crick proposed the double helix model of the DNA structure in 1953.


How did x-ray diffraction photographs help Watson and crick determine the structure of DNA?

It helped reveal the characteristic shape of a double helix


How many stands make up DNA double helix?

A DNA double helix is made up of two stands that twist around each other in a spiral shape. Each strand consists of a sequence of nucleotide bases that pair up with the bases on the opposite strand, forming the characteristic double helix structure.


What year did james watson make his discovery?

James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the structure of DNA in 1953. Watson and Crick, along with Maurice Wilkins shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1962. The prize was for their discovery regarding the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its importance in the information transfer in living material.


What contribution did James Watson and francis crick make to science?

On February 8th, 1953 James Watson and Francis Crick were putting together a model of DNA (deoxyribosenucleic acid), but they only had enough information to make an accurate model when they saw Franklin and Wilkins picture of the X-ray. They figured out that structure; a "double helix" can "unzip" to make copies of itself, which confirmed suspicions that DNA carries life's hereditary information


Who discovered that the shape of DNA is a double helix?

Watson and Crick using Rosalind Franklin's x-ray of a double helix of DNA which she had not yet realized was a double helix Rosalind Franklin made an x-ray that showed the nucleotide structure of DNA. Watson and Crick used her x-ray to make their 3-D model of DNA's structure.


Double helix definition?

the double helix refers to the SHAPE OF A DNA MOLECULE!!! It isn't that hard of a connection to make.


When did Watson and crick's make their discovery?

Their results were published in April of 1953.


What age is James Watson?

James Watson was born April 6, 1928. That would make him 84 years old.


What accomplishments did James Watson and francis crick make?

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