... hypothesis was that the bonds between the bases were A-T and C-G which were held by hydrogen bonds and the backbone of the molecules was inside. (Watson, 1968) Rosalind Franklin, disproved this observation, saying that "The water content was wrong. It was not four molecules per lattice, but eight per ... was the number one priority, however it isn't always. Competition is really a great motivator and it was a big part in this discovery. Watson and Crick always shared their information amongst each other and really excluded others such as Rosalind Franklin. (Gamov, 1975) In their heads i...

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... was able to fit the bases into a double standard phosphate sugar backbone helix with phosphate sugar backbone on the outside. Below is a picture of James Watson (left) and Francis Crick with their model of the DNA molecule. One scientist, Erwin Chargraff, set out to prove that DNA was a more complex ... different points of view. First, the truth is that Rosalind Franklin did not discover DNA. The necessary idea of base pairing came solely from James Watson. When Rosalind Franklin learned that the Cavendish group had discovered the double helix she was happy that it had been discovered ...

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