The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA |
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... helix . " Noting that the helix could " unzip " and copy itself , Crick and Watson confirmed what had hitherto only been suspected : that DNA was the substance that embodied the genetic code . Their brilliant insight — which heralded a ...
... helix . " Noting that the helix could " unzip " and copy itself , Crick and Watson confirmed what had hitherto only been suspected : that DNA was the substance that embodied the genetic code . Their brilliant insight — which heralded a ...
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... helix was right . He was not an X - ray crystallog- rapher and could not judge the model professionally . Several of his younger friends , however , trained in structural chemistry , thought the a - helix looked very pretty . The best ...
... helix was right . He was not an X - ray crystallog- rapher and could not judge the model professionally . Several of his younger friends , however , trained in structural chemistry , thought the a - helix looked very pretty . The best ...
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... helix was now over- whelming the Stokes - Cochran - Crick theory clearly indicated that a helix must exist - this was not to him of major significance . After all , he had previously thought a helix would emerge . The real problem was ...
... helix was now over- whelming the Stokes - Cochran - Crick theory clearly indicated that a helix must exist - this was not to him of major significance . After all , he had previously thought a helix would emerge . The real problem was ...
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