jan 1, 1952 - Rosalind Franklin takes Photo 51
Description:
- English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin takes Photo 51, an x-ray image of a DNA fiber displaying a double helix.- The image shows an "X" pattern, which is the signature of a double helix.
- This photo was the final clue that enabled Watson and Crick to confirm that DNA was a double helix shape.
- It is believed to be one of the most important pictures of all time.
- Rosalind Franklin however did not know that the Deputy Director of her lab, Maurice Wilkins, was secretly passing her images and notes to Watson and Crick, including Photo 51.
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Date:
jan 1, 1952
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~ 73 years ago