Who really discovered DNA?

Question

I would like some open mided answers, please.

Answer 1

I believe it was Crick and Watson

Answer 2

Although Watson and Crick "decoded" DNA, as in they put it forward as the genetic material and proposed a method for it's replication, they didn't really do any work themselves.

They put together the work of many different scientists, such as Mehler and Rosalind Franklin, and saw the picture as a whole. This was enough to get them a Nobel Prize.

Watson and Crick would NEVER have been able to do this without the work of Rosalind Franklin, who determined the double helix structure from X-ray crystalography. Rosalind Franklin was treated badly by Watson and Crick, who essentially stole her work. Later, James Watson expressed regret over the way things worked out, and that Rosalind should have been acknowledged too; however Rosalind Franklin could never have received the Nobel Prize alongside Watson and Crick because she died before it was awarded and the Nobel Prize cannotbe awarded post-humously. Watson would probably never have acknowledged her contribution whilst she was alive.

Answer 3

This subject makes me mad. The way it's told in the book "The Double Helix," Watson makes it sound like he wandered into Rosalind Franklin's office and happened to see the x-ray crystallography image just sitting there. With a little more time, I think Rosalind Franklin would have come up with the structure and would have paved the way for more women scientists...but, Watson and Crick were finally credited with the discovery. No matter what, I admire Franklin for all that she had to go through to get to her position--not easy for women in those days.

Answer 4

DNA was first isolated by Friedrich Miescher who discovered a substance he called "nuclein" in 1869

Answer 5

Dr. Watson and Crick

Answer 6

me