DNA: Discovering the structure
Synthetic DNA molecule
James Watson and Francis Crick worked out the structure of Deoxyribonucleic acid. The material inside the nucleus of cells, carrying the genetic information of a living being. in 1953.
By using data from other scientists (Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins) they were able to build a model of DNA. The X-ray crystallography data they used showed that DNA consists of two strands coiled into a The shape of the DNA molecule, with two strands twisted together in a spiral..
The famous X-ray diffraction photograph of DNA taken by Rosalind Franklin, known as photograph 51.