Chemist no. 321 of 350 · Biochemistry

James Watson

1928-2025United StatesNobel Physiology/Medicine 1962

Co-discovered DNA double helix

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The discovery, explained

James Watson, Francis Crick and the DNA Double Helix

How James Watson and Francis Crick built the DNA double helix in 1953: base pairing, Chargaff's rules, X-ray data and exam points for JAM, NET, GATE.

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Biography

James D. Watson: Complete Life and Legacy

Life of James D. Watson (1928-2025): Chicago childhood, Cambridge, 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Human Genome Project and controversies.

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Academic lineage

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