DNA discovery

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Pink = Crick's and Watson Blue = what they did Purple = Wilkins and Franklin
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DNA discovery
  1. London 1950s
    1. Maurice Wilkins, and Roaslind Franklin studying the structure of DNA using Xrays
      1. beams of X-rays directed at purified DNA
        1. Used photos to record
    2. Cambridge 1950s
      1. James Watson, Francis Crick
        1. building a 3D molecular model of DNA
          1. Using research from other scientists
            1. used Franklins photo (51) to build the model without her permission
              1. created the double helix model
          2. published a paper in 1953
            1. Wilkins and Franklin only got a footnote
              1. allowed them to win the noble prize
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