Google Doodle celebrates Rosalind Franklin’s birthday today,
she was one of the pioneering scientists to discover DNA
–the ‘blueprint’ of life.
Franklin
was responsible for much of the research and discovery work that led to the
understanding of the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA. Between 1951 and 1953 Rosalind Franklin came
very close to solving the DNA
structure. When she took an x-ray diffraction image of DNA in 1952, the scientist had captured more than a
second of humanity. She created an image of the building block of humans. This
photo of DNA was referred to as
Photo 51, the X-ray photographs of DNA
Franklin took were described as
"the most beautiful X-ray photographs of any substance ever taken.".
If you’re a living creature, you’ve got DNA. But how much do you really know about the
microscopic building block of life that shapes who you are? Here are seventeen
things you should know about DNA
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