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Double-Helix Model of DNA Paper Published 59 Years Ago

Posted by Unknown on from the still-awaiting-army-of-cloned-housecats dept.

pigrabbitbear writes with musings on the anniversary of the groundbreaking paper on DNA structure by Watson and Crick. From the article: "Consider every organism that's ever lived on Earth. From dinosaurs to bacteria, the number is near infinite, and an overwhelming majority have their entire structures and lives dictated according to their DNA. The DNA molecule is life itself, and it's astonishing that we've only known what it looks like for less than a century. But it's true: In one of the most groundbreaking papers ever published, James D. Watson and Francis Crick described the double-helix structure of DNA in Nature, 59 years ago today."

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  1. Why now? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Wait for a year and there is (a bit of) a story.

  2. Rosalind Franklin by betterunixthanunix · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Rosalind Franklin deserves credit. Shew as not the first to publish, but it was her data that Watson and Crick used and she had come to the same conclusion as they had.

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  3. Nowhere near infinite... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "From dinosaurs to bacteria, the number is near infinite..."

    Pet peeve. No number that can be thought of is anywhere 'near' infinite.