Revisiting Rosalind Franklin's Contribution to DNA Discovery.

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Revisiting Rosalind Franklin's Contribution to DNA Discovery.
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Two historians suggest that Rosalind Franklin, an expert in X-ray imaging, was more a collaborator than just a victim in the discovery of DNA's double helix structure. While James Watson and Francis Crick did rely on research from Franklin and her lab without their permission, the historians found new details that challenge the simplistic narrative that Watson and Crick stole data from Franklin. The historians suggest that Franklin contributed more than just one photograph along the way and that the four researchers were equal collaborators in the work.

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