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The 1953 structural model and X-ray studies published alongside it form a shared historical source chain.
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Scientific scope
The Watson–Crick model, Franklin–Gosling evidence and the Wilkins team’s structural evidence are separately attributed. This entry does not adjudicate priority disputes.
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- Watson and Crick, A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid (1953)
- Franklin and Gosling, Molecular configuration in sodium thymonucleate (1953)
- Wilkins, Stokes and Wilson, Molecular Structure of Deoxypentose Nucleic Acids (1953)
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People and systems
James Watson; Francis Crick; Rosalind Franklin; Raymond Gosling; Maurice Wilkins; Alec Stokes; Herbert Wilson
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The DNA double helix: model and diffraction evidence
The 1953 structural model and X-ray studies published alongside it form a shared historical source chain.
Scientific scope
The Watson–Crick model, Franklin–Gosling evidence and the Wilkins team’s structural evidence are separately attributed. This entry does not adjudicate priority disputes.
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This is a source-linked WRS catalogue note. A full explanatory guide and independent scientific reconstruction have not been completed for this entry. Read the identified original work for its complete narrative and arguments.
People and systems
James Watson; Francis Crick; Rosalind Franklin; Raymond Gosling; Maurice Wilkins; Alec Stokes; Herbert Wilson
Listed source contributors; individual labor shares are not measured