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Last WordRaymond Gosling, Eileen Gray, Sir Duncan Watson, Denys Darlow, Grace Lee WhitneyRaymond Gosling's 'Photo 51'

X-ray diffraction image of the double helix structure of the DNA molecule, taken by Raymond Gosling when working for Rosalind Franklin on the structure of DNA, referred to as "Photo 51".

  • X-ray diffraction image of DNA taken by Raymond Gosling

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