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Crick and Watsons DNA molecular model, 1953. This reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA (deoxyribose nucleic
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Reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA built by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953 using some of the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA built by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953 using some of the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA built by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953 using some of the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA built by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953 using some of the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA built by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953 using some of the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA built by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953 using some of the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA built by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953 using some of the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA built by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953 using some of the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA built by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953 using some of the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA built by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953 using some of the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA built by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953 using some of the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA built by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953 using some of the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA built by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953 using some of the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA built by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953 using some of the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA built by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953 using some of the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA built by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953 using some of the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA built by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953 using some of the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA built by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953 using some of the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA built by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953 using some of the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA built by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953 using some of the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA built by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953 using some of the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA built by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953 using some of the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA built by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953 using some of the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
EReconstruction of the double helix model of DNA built by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953 using some of the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA built by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953 using some of the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA built by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953 using some of the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA built by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953 using some of the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA built by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953 using some of the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA built by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953 using some of the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA built by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953 using some of the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA built by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953 using some of the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA built by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953 using some of the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA built by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953 using some of the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA built by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953 using some of the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Crick and Watsons DNA molecular model, 1953. This reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA (deoxyribose nucleic
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA, using some of the original metal plates, by Francis Crick and James Watson, England, 1953
In 1953, the British and American molecular biologists Francis Crick and James Watson pulled off one of the most profound scientific triumps of the century. Using their knowledge of chemical bonds, along with X-ray crystallography results from the British chemist Rosalind Franklin, they worked out the double-helix structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), the molecule that acts as a blueprint for all living things.
Within a decade, scientists had worked out how information is coded along the molecule. This reconstruction of Watson and Crick's model includes some of the original metal plates they used (Inv. No. 1977-300)
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Crick and Watson's DNA molecular modelDetails
- Category:
- Biochemistry
- Object Number:
- 1977-310
- Materials:
- aluminium alloy, metal (unknown)
- type:
- molecular model
- taxonomy:
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- disciplines
- science
- natural sciences
- biological sciences
- biology
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- disciplines
- science
- natural sciences
- biological sciences
- visual and verbal communication
- model - representation
- credit:
- King's College, London
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