2009-06-10
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Crick and Watson’s DNA model: This reconstruction contains some of the original metal plates used by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953 to determine the molecule’s structure. It is constructed out of metal plates and rods, arranged helically around a retort stand, and shows one complete turn of the famous double helix. Each metal plate represents one of the four bases
In pictures: Science Museum Centenary Icons at the Guardian.
