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'Watson and Crick' refers to the duo of James D. Watson and Francis Crick, who, using x-ray data collected by Rosalind Franklin, deciphered the structure of the DNA molecule in 1953. Watson and Crick received the 1962 Nobel Prize award, along with Maurice Wilkins for their body of research on nucleic acids. Franklin, deceased by that time, was not eligible for the award. Their work became the basis for the Human Genome Project. Watson went on to head the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory raising major funds for basic science research. Dr. Watson was noted for administrative successes and named to the head of the Human Genome Project.

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★ Double helix (geometric form)

★ ''The Double Helix'' (book by Watson)