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Franklin created famed 'Photo 51' after calculating key features of DNA's helix from an earlier image, study reveals

"Photo 51" was a cleaner version of an earlier X-ray image, "Photo 49," that Rosalind Franklin had already used to calculate key features of DNA, challenging long-held assumptions about her role in the discovery of the double helix.

Franklin created famed 'Photo 51' after calculating key features of DNA's helix from an earlier image, study reveals
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"Photo 51" was a cleaner version of an earlier X-ray image, "Photo 49," that Rosalind Franklin had already used to calculate key features of DNA, challenging long-held assumptions about her role in the discovery of the double helix.

Originally published at Phys.org

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