a. What instrument was used to discover the structure of DNA?

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a. What instrument was used to discover the structure of DNA?
b. What shape was expected from the instruments output? VWhy?
c. Who were the four main scientists involved in discovering the structure
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d. What did you notice about the process of science represented in the
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The 3-dimensional double helix structure of DNA, correctly elucidated by James Watson and Francis Crick.

Also, At King's College in London, Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins were studying DNA.

Wilkins and Franklin used X-ray diffraction as their main tool -- beaming X-rays through the molecule yielded a shadow picture of the molecule's structure, by how the X-rays bounced off its component parts.

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