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The discovery of DNA's double helix in 1953 transformed biology and medicine.

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In 1953 Watson and Crick, building on Rosalind Franklin's images, revealed DNA's double helix — the structure that showed how life copies and passes on its instructions.

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DNA'nın çift sarmal yapısının 1953'te keşfi, biyoloji ve tıbbı dönüştürdü.

1953'te Watson ve Crick, Rosalind Franklin'in görüntülerinden yararlanarak DNA'nın çifte sarmalını ortaya koydu — yaşamın talimatlarını nasıl kopyalayıp aktardığını gösteren yapı.

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