The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNASince its publication in 1968, The Double Helix has given countless readers a rare and exciting look at one highly significant piece of scientific research-Watson and Crick's race to discover the molecular structure of DNA. |
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... number of invited guests who did not understand Italian and a large number of Italians , almost none of whom understood rapidly spoken English , the only language common to the 29 4.
... number of invited guests who did not understand Italian and a large number of Italians , almost none of whom understood rapidly spoken English , the only language common to the 29 4.
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... large number of nu- cleotides linearly linked together in a regular way . " Again our reasoning was partially based upon simplic- ity . Although organic chemists in Alexander Todd's nearby lab thought this the basic arrangement , they ...
... large number of nu- cleotides linearly linked together in a regular way . " Again our reasoning was partially based upon simplic- ity . Although organic chemists in Alexander Todd's nearby lab thought this the basic arrangement , they ...
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... large sections of their classic paper published just after the start of the ... number of identi- cal subunits . How the subunits were arranged they did not ... large numbers . Just the oppo- site was true of RNA . Division of ...
... large sections of their classic paper published just after the start of the ... number of identi- cal subunits . How the subunits were arranged they did not ... large numbers . Just the oppo- site was true of RNA . Division of ...
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