Francis Crick very genorously offers his and Watson's model to Dr. Wilkins. What could have happened to Crick & Watson if Dr. Wilkins had accepted? Why is this an unusually genorous offer?
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2006-12-18 11:22:01 · 4 answers · asked by Lina 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
The race to uncover the structure of DNA was extremely dramatic. I actually just read an excerpt from Crick and his interactions with the other chemist seemed almost childish - certainly there was no sense of mutual progress between any of them. Each wanted his/her name on the discovery.
I think Wilkins might have also received the Nobel prize for something related to the structure - but Watson and Crick are definitely considered the ones who definitively modeled it.
Had they shared the model with Wilkins (whom I believe was working at the same university as Crick) he probably would have been awarded a singular Nobel prize for its discovery).
2006-12-18 11:32:25 · answer #1 · answered by dgbaley27 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the previous answer is basically correct: Watson & Crick (particularly Watson) wanted the fame and glory from this discovery, and so they kept their work basically secret until it was published.
However, Wilkins DID share the Nobel Prize with Watson & Crick. Rosalind Franklin who was also importantly involved, didn't share in the prize because she had already died of cancer.
Wilkins was a better-known researcher at the time than either Watson or Crick. He might have been able to use his name to take more of the credit than he actually deserved.
2006-12-18 11:39:00 · answer #2 · answered by hcbiochem 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The previous answers are somewhat skewed from the truth. With the model and the crystallography that Wilkins and Franklin posed, they could have been the premier paper submitters, instead of being perceived as second placers. Both Wilkins and especially Franklin did not have much use for modeling, though it did not hurt Maurice Wilkins's Nobel Prize in the end.
2006-12-18 11:50:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This guy was in Mr Cook's Rowland High School Biology class weren't you. These ?s are the exact same as mine
2016-05-23 05:38:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋