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Unravelling the mystery of the Structure of DNA - Double Helix Model

JAMES WATSON
Born:
in 1928
&
FRANCIS CRICK
Born:
in 1916

It took an ex-physicist and a former ornithology student to figured out the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA.

Achievement - The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1962

Links:
A Science Odyssey
NOVA
Molecular Genetics
The Story of the Double Helix Discovery

Famous Quotes:
"It has not escaped our notice that the specific pairing we have postulated immediately suggests a possible copying mechanism for the genetic material. "

"Nothing new that is really interesting comes without collaboration"