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Replica of Crick and Watson's 1953 DNA Double Helix Model, by Science Museum Workshops, South Kensington, London, England, 1993
This is a replica of Crick and Watson's 1953 model of the structure of DNA.
Using their knowledge of chemical bonds, along with X-ray crystallography results from the British chemist Rosalind Franklin, James Watson and Francis Crick worked out the double-helix structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), the molecule that acts as a blueprint for all living things.
This model was made in the Science Museum workshops in London.
Replica of Crick and Watson's 1953 DNA Double Helix Model, by Science Museum Workshops, South Kensington, London, England, 1993
Replica of Crick and Watson's 1953 DNA Double Helix Model, 1993
Original clamp from central supporting rod from replica of Crick and Watson's 1953 DNA Double Helix Model , by Science Museum Workshops, South Kensington, London, England, 1993
