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A double helix with paired bases, whose pairing rule immediately suggested how it copies itself. Franklin's Photo 51 was shown to Watson without her knowledge; her role is now recognized as central.
Evidence tier V3 is the import default for a result the curation records as settled in the published record. No formal proof or certificate is attached to this page yet.
Closed 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick, from Rosalind Franklin's and Maurice Wilkins's diffraction data.
Related problems
- The original curation links this problem to Cracking the genetic code; the argument for the link has not been written yet.