Who were the two scientists who were credited for the shape of the DNA molecule?

Answer 1

Francis Crick and James Watson worked out that DNA was arranged in a double-helix shape. They were awarded the Nobel prize for their discovery.

Although James Watson and Francis Crick are credited (and won the Nobel Prize) for discovering the shape and structure of DNA, Rosalind Franklin had a large part in their "discovery," with her high quality x-ray crystallography images. They secretly used her x-ray diffraction pictures to put the pieces together (given their own inaccurate models) and Watson even went as far as to defame Rosalind as the vicious "Rosy."

So, in truth, Rosalind Franklin and James Watson and Francis Crick (and perhaps Rosalind's partner, Maurice Wilkins) discovered the shape of DNA.

Watson, Crick, and Wilkins jointly received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1962 but since this was after Franklin's death, it is often assumed that Franklin would have also shared the prize if she had lived.

Answer 2

Simple Answer:

James Watson and Francis Crick are credited with the first correct double-helix model of DNA structure published in 1953 in the journal Nature.

More Complicated:

Credit for the research leading to the discovery of the structure of DNA is controversial. The publication by Watson and Crick was based on an x-ray image taken by Rosalind Franklin and Raymond Gosling in May 1952. A critical problem in an earlier model was corrected based on private communications from Erwin Chargaff.

Several critical publications occurred at almost the same time. A separate paper by Franklin and Gosling's provided the X-ray diffraction data and original analysis method for the Watson and Crick model. Maurice Wilkins also published X-ray patterns also supporting a double-helix molecular model of DNA.

Watson, Crick, and Wilkins jointly received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1962 but since this was after Franklin's death, it is often assumed that Franklin would have also shared the prize is she had lived.

Answer 3

Do you mean who discovered it? It was James Watson and Francis Crick. Another person who helped majorly and also almost disappeared from history is Rosalind Frankiln.

Answer 4

James Watson in 1962 discovered the shape of the DNA and the fact it is a double helix with the help of francis crick.

Answer 5

The first currently accepted double-helix model of DNA was published by James Watson and Francis Crick in 1953.

Answer 6

Watson and Crick proved DNA's structure was a 'double helix'

(no such thing as 'atomic shape'...call it molecular structure)

Answer 7

Watson & Crick.