James Watson (1960s)

James Watson teamed up with Francis Crick to figure out the structure of DNA in 1953. With the secret of life revealed, Watson was intrigued by the prospect of manipulating living things.

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15543. James Watson and Francis Crick

James Watson and Francis Crick, Cambridge University, 1953

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15015. Francis Crick and James Watson in Cambridge.

1953 picture of Francis Crick (L) and James Watson (R) walking along the backs of King's College in Cambridge.

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15539. DNA base pairs

DNA base pairs

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16022. James Watson and Francis Crick, 1953

The DNA molecule is shaped like a twisted ladder.

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15876. The Central Dogma

James Watson and Francis Crick developed the idea to explain how DNA and RNA related in protein production.

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16433. Video 19: James Dewey Watson, clip 2

DNA as a regular, repeating structure -- a helix.

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16434. Video 19: James Dewey Watson, clip 3

DNA as a double helix.

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16436. Video 19: James Dewey Watson, clip 5

Figuring out the base pairing.

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16432. Video 19: James Dewey Watson, clip 1

The importance of DNA, not proteins, as a genetic molecule.

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16435. Video 19: James Dewey Watson, clip 4

Linus Pauling's triple-helix model for DNA and the reaction to this incorrect model.

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