Reevaluating Rosalind Franklin's Impact on the Discovery of DNA's Structure.
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Two scientists have uncovered more details about Rosalind Franklin's contribution to the discovery of DNA's double helix in an overlooked letter and an unpublished news article from the 1950s. Franklin conducted many careful measurements of her X-ray diffraction images, recording her data in an informal report. On making its way into the hands of Watson and Crick, the observations were used – without permission – to validate their theoretical model of DNA. Franklin wasn't a naive outsider following her own path. The discovery of DNA's structure was the product of two teams who often cross-checked their work.
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