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The pictures were shown to James Watson and Francis Crick by Maurice Wilkins. They were then able to confirm their theory about the 3D structure of DNA. In 1962, they were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for solving the structure of DNA. The Nobel committee could not award it to Franklin because the Nobel prize could only be shared by three people and also because she was already dead (DNA from the Beginning, 2011)

Franklin came very close to realizing this structure. In fact, she had already started to document her work, convinced of the structure; however, there were two key things that she missed. These two things were things she failed to see in her own data, but that Watson and Crick picked up on. The first of the two, which Crick noticed, was the fact that the two strands of DNA run in opposite direction of one another: One goes up and the other goes down. Franklin would have put both strands running in the same direction. Crick picked up on this point from a technical similarity in DNA and the hemoglobin that he was working on [Judson, 1986]. The second point, which Watson discovered, was the unique pairing of the bases in DNA. They are set up such that each strand is complementary to the other and if the two

Over the course of the modern age, the human body was still a mystery waiting to be solved. The body contains secrets one can only hope to discover. Over the twentieth century, scientists tried to understand one of the most complex concepts in the biological field. DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid) was at the forefront of research. Several theories claimed to have solved the structural concept of DNA. However, it was not until Francis Crick and James D. Watson discovered the true structure, the double helix. However, many potential models of DNA had passed through the biology field until eventual lose of credibility. The past models would contain a fixed detail that would make the entire concept invalid. In James D. Watson book, The Double Helix, he illustrates his path amid incorrect theories until he reaches the model that is taught around the world today.

I believe that Rosalind Franklin deserved more credit than she got foe her X-ray crystallography. Watson took photo 51 from her file without ther knowledge which showed that DNA has a definite pattern and two strands. Watson and Crick used the photo for their own personal gain instead of giving Rosalind any credit they saw Rosalind as below them so they had no issue stealing her idea.

The discovery of DNA consisted of one person, and three teams, and many people felt the credit was given unfairly, which caused controversy to who should've really deserved credit. Crick, and Watson were given credit, but a major part of their success came from the others. Wilkins created the camera that would've later revealed the shape of DNA, and got credit, which he should, but other people felt his partner Franklin should've gotten credit, however, without Wilkins she would've never got far. Pauling didn't do much, and a man named Chargaff discovered the bases of DNA, which contributed to Crick, and Watson's achievement. I believe Wilkins, and Chargaff deserved credit since Wilkins created the camera that would've revealed the structure

Also he helped with mapping cancer to help people or warn others, so they will be able to find if they have it. James helped out everyone on this planet and those who are sick or are sick but don’t know it. To be recognized in the scientific community you have to do something amazing. Crick and James Watson's first look toward taking in the structure of DNA missed the goal, but their second look took place in the spring 1953 and brought about the match of the ladder helical look. Which takes after a stepping stool. Their model added how the DNA particle could copy itself. Watson and Crick had looked the work of English scientist Rosalind Franklin, a partner of Maurice Wilkins' at King's College London, to land at their noteworthy disclosure, notwithstanding, her commitment to their discoveries would go generally unrecognized until after her she died. Franklin had made a few unpublished working papers talking about the basic characteristics of DNA, and with her understudy Raymond Gosling had taken a X-ray diffraction picture of DNA, known as Photo 51, which would get to be urgent proof in recognizing the structure of

While he was researching, he began to study genes. It was thought at that time period that genes were made out of proteins and were able to duplicate themselves, hence the passing on of genes. DNA was considered nothing but a structural support for the proteins. But Watson was not sure of this. Watson read about the Avery-MacLeod-McCarty experiment, conducted by the people in the title, which implied that DNA was the genetic molecule. Watson later went to Copenhagen University for one year of postdoctoral research. At the university, biochemist Herman Kalckar wanted to use bacteriophages as an experimental system to study the synthesis of nucleic acids. Watson, on the other hand, wanted to see what was the structure of DNA. After some inconclusive experiments, he went to Italy. At Italy, Maurice Wilkins was giving a lecture about his X-ray diffraction of DNA. Afterward, Watson was now determined to find DNA's molecular structure. In 1951, Watson went to England at the Stazione Zoologica 'Anton Dohrn' in Naples to perform X-ray diffraction experiments. On 1953, using data from his experiments and other peoples' (some without

In “The Double Helix” by J.D. Watson he tells the story as to how he and Francis Crick discovered the structure of DNA. After reading this book I was able to see how the structure of DNA was discovered since I didn't really have a lot of knowledge as to who discovered DNA besides what the biology book briefly talked about. During this time there was not a lot of people interested in DNA but for the people that were it was almost like a race to see who could discovered it first. Through the book one of their most fierce competition would have to be Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin. Thanks to their research Watson and Crick were able to discover the structure of DNA first.

The discovery of the DNA double helix is known to be accredited to James Watson and Francis Crick. Watson describes the events that led up to the discovery in his book The Double Helix. Although they both have put in a significant amount of time and work to find the structure of DNA, one individual who was key to putting their pieces together was Rosalind Franklin. Considering Franklin’s efforts and contributions to the X-ray diffraction images of DNA, which have helped Watson and Crick with their model building and discovery of the DNA double helix, Watson fails to give credit where credit is due.

One of the most important things discovered and understood in biology within science, has been the discovery of the DNA structure. Where DNA is the abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid, though it is more known by nearly everyone simply as DNA. The idea behind DNA is that it is a self-replicating material that can be found in all living organisms, especially humans. The structure of DNA was solved in the year 1953, and was solved by four very important scientists who were; Francis Crick, Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, and Maurice Wilkins (Silverman, 2003). Franklin was seen to contribute to the DNA structure heavily through her own research and discoveries, while it was noted that both Crick and Watson worked together on their discoveries and research. It has been seen that Wilkins contributed less than the other three, but in saying this, he still helped with it and this was made obvious when he also received the Noble Prize. The Noble Price was awarded to Crick, Watson and Wilkins in 1962 for the discovery and solution of the DNA structure (Silverman, 2003). Unfortunately, although Franklin had a big part in the discovery she was not awarded the Noble Prize, as she passed away in the year 1958 (Klug, 1968). If she was still alive at the award ceremony she would have received it alongside the other three. But it should be made clear that she was an important scientist during this discovery, which is seen through what she discovered. These four scientists all contributed

Swiss scientist Rudolf Signer came into possession of DNA that had been obtained from a calf thymus, although DNA had been obtained before, the DNA in Skinner's lab was intact and in better condition. It was at this time that Wilkins discovered that it was possible to make thin threads from a concentrated DNA solution, making it suitable for the production of X-ray diffraction.

Watson and Crick are known as the discoverers of the double helix of DNA, but there were others before them trying to solve the riddle, there were other scientists trying to discover how DNA was shaped

One of microbiology’s historical discoveries was in 1953, when Francis Crick and James Watson determined the double-helix, twisted-ladder structure of DNA. Crick and Wilkins were able to achieve this discovery with the help of an x-ray crystallography of DNA made by Rosalind Franklin, along with contribution from another colleague, Maurice Wilkins. In 1962, Crick, Watson, and Wilkins were awarded the Nobel Prize for this major discovery (Microbeworld, 2006). Franklin had passed away from cancer before the Nobel Prize had been given.

Griffith hypothesized that some "transforming principle" from the heat inactivated S strain and converted the R strain to the active S strain. Griffith’s work on bacteria strongly suggested that “transforming principle” is the hereditary molecule of life. It wasn't until years later that Griffith's "transforming principle" was identified as DNA. Lastly, when Watson and Crick started looking into the missing link, they already had the details, results and inferences from Griffiths experiments, which helped them alot in regards of this experiment. All they had to do in was to interpret the given data ( based on Griffith's inferences) that while the bacteria had been killed something which Griffith called the “transforming Principle” was left behind. Watson and Crick arrived at the conclusion that this “transforming principle” must be an must be an universally occurring artifact in all living cells. This was the starting point of their research which they called it as DNA. They callled it DNA basing on the presence of the nucleotide which they'd later call guanine, adenine, thymine, and cytosine, and whose presence will later be confirmed by Avery, McLeod and McCarty and by Hershey and Chase in their

Rosalind Franklin’s work on DNA was crucial in discovering the composition of the human body as a whole. Her x-ray photo revealed a double helix structure and she also discovered the A and B form of DNA. She worked through the adversity of being a female in a predominately male dominated realm and made remarkable findings that were eventually stolen. She adapted to a new lab with antiquated technology. Before this discovery, the structure of DNA was thought to be simple. Scientist, Watson and Crick, started with the wrong structure of DNA from a misinterpretation of notes from one of Franklin’s presentations. Unlike Watson and Crick, Rosalind Franklin could explain DNA and how it worked.