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Download Solution PDFThe DNA double helix structure was discovered by
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is James Watson and Francis Crick.
Key Points
- The DNA double helix structure was discovered by James Watson and Francis Crick in 1953.
- Their groundbreaking discovery was based on data and insights from several other scientists, including Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins, who had conducted X-ray crystallography studies of DNA.
- Watson and Crick's model of the DNA double helix, along with the complementary base pairing they proposed, laid the foundation for our current understanding of the structure of DNA and its role in genetics.
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1962 was awarded to James Watson and Francis Crick.
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