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SCIENTIST SPOTLIGHT
Francis Crick
James Watson
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In 1953 the American scientist James Watson and his English colleague Francis Crick announced that they had discovered the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). DNA is the chemical material in each living thing that contains all the information about how that living thing will look and function.
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"Francis Crick." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2021. school.eb.com/levels/elementary/article/Francis-Crick/476244. Accessed 29 Oct. 2021.
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Barbara McClintock
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She was born on June 16, 1902, in Hartford, Connecticut.
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Barbara McClintock received the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. She earned her Ph.D. in botany from Cornell University and began her lifelong work in the development of maize cytogenetics. She eventually gained recognition as among the best in the field and was honored with several prestigious awards.
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