The Double Helix Timeline

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  • “Wilkins ... moved to King’s College, London which was then reconstructing buildings and staff left in ruins by the war.” - The Great Scientist

    “Wilkins ... moved to King’s College, London which was then reconstructing buildings and staff left in ruins by the war.” - The Great Scientist
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  • “Watson convinced Crick that knowledge of DNA’s three-dimensional structure would make its hereditary role apparent” -Britannica

    “Watson convinced Crick that knowledge of DNA’s three-dimensional structure would make its hereditary role apparent” -Britannica
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  • “Franklin joined the Biophysical Laboratory at King’s College, London, as a research fellow. There she applied X-ray diffraction methods to the study of DNA” -Britannica

    “Franklin joined the Biophysical Laboratory at King’s College, London, as a research fellow. There she applied X-ray diffraction methods to the study of DNA” -Britannica
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  • “Watson and Crick published their epochal discovery in two papers in the British journal Nature in April–May 1953.” - Britannica Image Quest

    “Watson and Crick published their epochal discovery in two papers in the British journal Nature in April–May 1953.” - Britannica Image Quest
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  • “Watson subsequently taught at Harvard University (1955–76), where he served as professor of biology (1961–76).” - Britannica Image Quest

    “Watson subsequently taught at Harvard University (1955–76), where he served as professor of biology (1961–76).” - Britannica Image Quest
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  • “By 1961 Crick had evidence to show that each group of three bases (a codon) on a single DNA strand designates the position of a specific amino acid on the backbone of a protein molecule.” - Britannica

    “By 1961 Crick had evidence to show that each group of three bases (a codon) on a single DNA strand designates the position of a specific amino acid on the backbone of a protein molecule.” - Britannica
    Salk Institute

  • “The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1962 was awarded jointly to Francis Harry Compton Crick, James Dewey Watson and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins." - Nobelprize.org

    “The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1962 was awarded jointly to Francis Harry Compton Crick, James Dewey Watson and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins." - Nobelprize.org