Article ID: CBB000831509

The Double Helix Revisited: A Paradox of Science and a Paradigm of Human Behaviour (2007)

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Google Translate: In the historical development of modern science, few discoveries have caused an impact on the comparative effects of the Double Helix, the three-dimensional structure of DNA proposed by Watson and Crick in 1953. The 50th anniversary of that event was widely held three years ago, even by the media does not specialize in scientific information. Although the discovery initially had little significance in this half century its repercussions are unquestionable. The Double Helix has highlighted the true value of biological nucleic acids against the protein, demonstrating that genes are not amorphous entities. On the contrary, has a chemical composition specific and take an orderly pattern of folding space. The elucidation of these settings enabled essential to establish a direct link between the structure and function of biological macromolecules, such interconnection is not so obvious in the case of proteins. Throughout these fifty years, has been written and debated at length about the circumstances surrounding that landmark, as well as about the behavior and personal attitudes of many of the players involved. In addition to Watson and Crick, other scientists, whose contribution has not been properly recognized, played a decisive role in solving the mystery of the Double Helix. This article contains some thoughts ethical and scientific review that these contributions vital, and aims to shed new light on the essential involvement in the history of those "unknown soldiers' of Science. The Double Helix is certainly a manifestation of the human side of scientific research and many researchers believe that all the evidence available, allows you to write an alternative history of the official version. Keywords Double Helix, DNA, Watson & Crick, Wilkins, Franklin

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Authors & Contributors
Olby, Robert C.
Williams, Gareth
Šustar, Predrag
Strauss, Bernard S.
Stapleton, Darwin H.
Schindler, Samuel
Concepts
DNA; RNA
Molecular biology
Genetics
Discovery in science
Biology
Biographies
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, late
21st century
20th century, early
19th century
Places
England
Great Britain
Institutions
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
Human Genome Project
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