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Rosalind Elsie Franklin

X-ray structural researcher

Also known as Rosalind Franklin

Who they are

Rosalind Franklin was an X-ray structural researcher whose work with Raymond Gosling supplied experimental evidence in the investigation of DNA. Their joint Nature paper accompanied the Watson–Crick model in April 1953. Her inclusion keeps the evidence-producing research visible and distinguishes the authors of that experimental paper from the authors of the proposed model.

Her work represents the experimental basis and shared credit behind the DNA-structure milestone.

Selected contributions

Coauthored Molecular Configuration in Sodium Thymonucleate with Gosling.Source ↗Source 2 ↗

Selected works

Academic paper · 1953 · Published journal article
Molecular configuration in sodium thymonucleate
Coauthor with Raymond Gosling · Nature; PubMed bibliographic record
Franklin and Gosling’s experimental DNA paper appeared alongside the Watson–Crick model in Nature. It offers a route into the X-ray evidence underlying the structural debate; this summary uses the verified catalogue and King’s historical account.
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Reading scope & citation
Indexed PubMed record: R. E. Franklin and R. G. Gosling, Nature 171(4356), 740–741, DOI 10.1038/171740a0. Full indexed bibliographic text retrieved through search; direct PubMed extraction exposed only a footer and Nature redirected to an inaccessible identity service. No abstract is supplied in PubMed. Content context is from the prior inspected King’s account.
DOI: 10.1038/171740a0