James Watson

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The Carrier of Genetic Information: DNA Structure

In the late 1940s, the ambition of the young scientist, Francis Crick, in discovering the secret of life started as soon as he began working

David Castaneda Picon 02/28/2020

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Watson and Crick’s Fundamental Structure

When it was first discovered by complete accident in the late 1860s by Friedrich Miescher, DNA was nothing more than a new substance that was

Roberto Rodriguez 11/07/2019

Cultural History

Watson and Crick: The Discovery of the DNA Structure

In 1866, Gregor Mendel, the father of modern genetics, discovered that traits were inherited and passed on to generations through genes. However, Mendel did not know

Michael Thomas 04/18/2018

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