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Rosalind Franklin

Rosalind Franklin
British molecular scientist Rosalind Franklin opened new vistas in the search for the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), the molecular component that forms the basis of heredity. In 1951 she began research that revealed the density and the double-spiral shape of DNA molecules.
Donald Casper
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Genetics; Franklin, Rosalind Elsie
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